The Daily Telegraph

Perfect timing

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SIR – Stephen Edwards’ letter (April 30) described a church clock with the numbers replaced by letters.

Such clocks are a reminder of the single biggest advantage of the analogue clock over its digital rival: it does not need to be read.

Provided that the clock is mounted with the “12” exactly at the top, the analogue clock reader knows the time instantly, simply from the pattern formed by the hands on the face. Ian Statham Cheltenham, Gloucester­shire

SIR – The loss of a sense of the passage of time is not the only outcome of the rise of the digital timepiece.

Twenty years ago, when I last taught the physics of levers, I found that the words “clockwise” and “anticlockw­ise” had no meaning for an increasing number of students. There is no obvious substitute. Mik Shaw Goring-by-sea, West Sussex

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