The Congreve clock

[edward.s]

I must have read the Nevil Shute book 'Trustee from the toolroom' 50 times over the years and although he talks about a congreve clock in it, that's the first time I have ever seen one. Amazing stuff.

I think its in that book that the main character 'Keith Stewart' describes the clock as 'not a good time keeper'. Shute admitted that the character was based on E T Westbury.

Wiki here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trustee_from_the_Toolroom