|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weight is the source of energy for large mechanical clocks. It is a body of a particular shape made out of metal. The weight is used to create a load that drives the gear train of the clock. The chiming and striking mechanisms have two identical steel weights, half a metre tall, the going train is driven by a lead weight of lesser height. |
|||||
|
Copyright © 2011 State Hermitage Museum |
