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the International Institute :—Rev. H. G. Wood, of Sharon, Penn- 
sylvania ; Professor C. Piazzi Smyth, Astronomer Royal for Scotland ; 
Professor John N. Stockwell, Astronomer, Cleveland; Mr. Jacob M. 
Clark, C.E., New York; Mr. William H. Searle, Pennsylvania ; 
the late Abbé F. Moigno, Canon of St. Denis, Paris ; Commodore 
Wm. B. Whiting, U.S. Navy ; Mr. Charles Latimer, C. E., Cleve- 
land ; and others. 
It will be seen from what I have submitted, that the proceedings 
have neither been few nor without success, and that since this Institute 
published the first issue of papers on Time and Time-reckoning, the 
subject has received much attention on both sides of the Atlantic. 
Societies with kindred pursuits, men of recognized merit in the 
scientific world, have turned to its examination and aided in its de- 
velopment. Some few men have acted in concert. The labours of 
others have been independent. Some of these names I have been 
able to record, but I fear that I neglect to include many of eminence 
because they are not known to me. It is this varied and widely 
diffused effort which has rendered possible the realization of the 
practical results which I have the gratification to record, and all 
“< clocks and watches now in use to the change by inscribing on the existing dials the new 
“numbers of the afternoon hours - thirteen to twenty-four (13 to 24) inclusive—as in the Plate 
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