Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
partiora
English translation:
wheel count (locking plate)
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Ivana UK
Mar 11, 2007 19:36
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Italian term
partiora
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Description of a 17th Century clock:
Il treno della suoneria dà rintocchi da 1 a 12 mediante partitora.
The few online references I've found don't help with the translation of this term - so any ideas are, as always, much appreciated!!
Il treno della suoneria dà rintocchi da 1 a 12 mediante partitora.
The few online references I've found don't help with the translation of this term - so any ideas are, as always, much appreciated!!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +3 | hour divider |
Francis MARC
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Mar 11, 2007 19:46: Ivana UK changed "Language pair" from "French to English" to "Italian to English"
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hour divider
it is not french! (italian)
IMSS - Multimedia Catalogue - Glossary - Chime regulator- [ Traduire cette page ]The chime regulator (Italian: partitora or spartiora, "hour divider") is a wheel whose rim bears irregularly spaced teeth to regulate the sequence of hour ...
brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/museum/esim.asp?c=100476 - 9k
IMSS - Multimedia Catalogue - Glossary - Chime regulator- [ Traduire cette page ]The chime regulator (Italian: partitora or spartiora, "hour divider") is a wheel whose rim bears irregularly spaced teeth to regulate the sequence of hour ...
brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/museum/esim.asp?c=100476 - 9k
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Comment: "In the end I went with "count wheel (locking plate_" which fits the definition of partiora perfectly (and appears to be another way of saying "chime regulator")"
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