Louis Olin The mahogany master unit with moulded cornice hinged and glazed front with commemorative plaque, the pendulum with solid brass bob, charged through the knife-edge suspension, towards the centre of the rod two pivoted arms with brass contacts, the upper side of which is insulated with a leather pad, when in motion the brass contact slides over pivoted silver contacts providing impulse to the pendulum via the c-shaped solenoids and iron plates to the back of the pendulum, there is a shelf for a Leyden jar (lacking) which is connected to the silver contacts, the slave unit standing on a heavy ebonised oak base, with simulated marble effect to the skeleton frame, the movement with thick cut wheelwork, and escapement linked by chains to two paddles activated by the cloth-bound solenoids at either side of the frame, there is also a second unit of carillon type which may have driven a quarter chiming mechanism (or possibly a digital display) Slave unit 46cm (18in) high,
Louis Olin The mahogany master unit with moulded cornice hinged and glazed front with commemorative plaque, the pendulum with solid brass bob, charged through the knife-edge suspension, towards the centre of the rod two pivoted arms with brass contacts, the upper side of which is insulated with a leather pad, when in motion the brass contact slides over pivoted silver contacts providing impulse to the pendulum via the c-shaped solenoids and iron plates to the back of the pendulum, there is a shelf for a Leyden jar (lacking) which is connected to the silver contacts, the slave unit standing on a heavy ebonised oak base, with simulated marble effect to the skeleton frame, the movement with thick cut wheelwork, and escapement linked by chains to two paddles activated by the cloth-bound solenoids at either side of the frame, there is also a second unit of carillon type which may have driven a quarter chiming mechanism (or possibly a digital display) Slave unit 46cm (18in) high,
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