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Clock | Tin House

On January 20, 2017January 20, 2017 By Olga ZilberbourgIn Publication, UncategorizedLeave a comment

Source: Clock | Tin House

My grandmother had a mechanical wall clock powered by weights. To wind it, she pulled down one of the weights, and for the next twelve hours, the clock ticked off the lengths of the chain as the counterbalance forced it back up. . . .

Read this story on Tin House’s Open Bar flash Fridays blog.

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