Clocks Surviving artifact

Vérité’s Astronomical Clock

1865–1868; installed from 1876

Speculative use · Tartarian imagining

Imagine a Tartarian city condensing the heavens, tides and distant places into a mechanical atlas.

An imagined use within Tartarian lore; its historic use is not established by this interpretation.

Where it survives

Saint-Pierre Cathedral

Beauvais, France

Surviving installation; pin marks the current site approximately. Access and operating status vary.

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