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Six-hour clock at the Quirinal Palace, Rome. The six-hour clock (Italian: sistema orario a sei ore), also called the Roman (alla romana) or the Italian (all'italiana) system, is a system of date and time notation in Italy which was invented before the modern 24-hour clock.
The company was founded in 1725 in Udine, a small city in northeastern Italy. Initially, the company specialized in clocks for towers. Initially, the company specialized in clocks for towers. It began working with designer Gino Valle after World War II, and developed signs with four flaps, each with ten digits, to display the time.
Italy alternates between Central European Time (Italian: Tempo dell'Europa Centrale, UTC+01:00) and Central European Summer Time (Italian: Orario Estivo dell'Europa Centrale, UTC+02:00), because it follows the European Summer Time annual Daylight saving time (Italian: ora legale) procedure.
Huygens first used a clock to calculate the equation of time (the difference between the apparent solar time and the time given by a clock), publishing his results in 1665. The relationship enabled astronomers to use the stars to measure sidereal time , which provided an accurate method for setting clocks.
Sir John Bennett; 65 Cheapside, London, watch, clock and jewellery manufacturer (15 October 1814- 3 July 1897), was a watchmaker and local politician. He was the eldest son of John Bennett, watchmaker, of Greenwich.
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Date and time notation in Italy records the date using the day–month–year format (7 dicembre 2024 or 7/12/2024). The time is written using the 24-hour clock (19:55); in spoken language and informal contexts the 12-hour clock is more commonly adopted, but without using "a.m." or "p.m." suffixes (7:55).
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