http://boingboing.net/2012/11/21/elaborate-electromechanical-cl.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://boingboing.net/2012/11/21/elaborate-electromechanical-cl.html#comment-1589549 oasisob1 Thu, 22 Nov 2012 13:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=195464#comment-1589549 No, at 8 bells you're still on watch, wondering where the hell your relief is, because he (or she) is already 15 minutes late. No, at 8 bells you’re still on watch, wondering where the hell your relief is, because he (or she) is already 15 minutes late.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/11/21/elaborate-electromechanical-cl.html#comment-1588507 Kirby_G Wed, 21 Nov 2012 16:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=195464#comment-1588507 It strikes every half hour, not every four hours, and there's only one bell.  The naval time cycle is four hours, with each half hour in that four hour cycle being one "bell".  The first half hour it strikes one, the second half hour it strikes two, and so on.  At Eight bells, your four-hour watch is over and someone else takes over. It strikes every half hour, not every four hours, and there’s only one bell.  The naval time cycle is four hours, with each half hour in that four hour cycle being one “bell”.  The first half hour it strikes one, the second half hour it strikes two, and so on.  At Eight bells, your four-hour watch is over and someone else takes over.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/11/21/elaborate-electromechanical-cl.html#comment-1588481 silkox Wed, 21 Nov 2012 15:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=195464#comment-1588481 This gentleman was a maker before it was cool. This gentleman was a maker before it was cool.

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