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| − | [[Image:BR1534_Plate4.jpg|thumb|Vickers range clock|400px|right|A Vickers Range Clock's mechanism revealed | + | [[Image:BR1534_Plate4.jpg|thumb|Vickers range clock|400px|right|A Vickers Range Clock's mechanism revealed.<ref name=Plate4>Admiralty. ''Pamphlet on Minor Fire Control Instruments, 1946'', Plate 4.</ref>]] |
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| + | The '''Vickers Range Clock''' was a simple clockwork [[Range Clock|range clock]], [[Admiralty Pattern Number]] 3778<ref name=Plate4/> built by [[Vickers]] to a conceptual design suggested by [[Percy Moreton Scott, First Baronet|Percy Scott]]. It was built in large numbers starting in 1906.<ref>Brooks, John. ''Dreadnought Gunnery and The Battle of Jutland: The Question of Fire Control'' p. 25.</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 14:38, 21 March 2012
A Vickers Range Clock's mechanism revealed.[1]
The Vickers Range Clock was a simple clockwork range clock, Admiralty Pattern Number 3778[1] built by Vickers to a conceptual design suggested by Percy Scott. It was built in large numbers starting in 1906.[2]
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