[time-nuts] Ten minutes past ten

[iovane at inwind.it]

Surrounded by a "ledge (?)", or maybe better said, surrounded
by a cornice (or frame).
Sorry for my limited English.
Bye,
Antonio I8IOV

> Sorry, don't get "ledged". What do you mean?
> 
> Jim
> 
> 2009/8/4 iovane at inwind.it <iovane at inwind.it>
> 
> > The reason that was known to me is that at 10:10 the manufacturer's logo
> > looks like "ledged".
> > Antonio I8IOV
> >
> > > Excuse me for asking a non-hardware question, but I'd like to know
> > > the origins of the time 10:10 being shown on clocks and watches in
> > > advertisements for same.
> > >
> > > The one that tipped me over the edge was the ad on the back of Science
> > > News for August 1, 2009. A talking watch says, "Ten-ten AM ..." as
> > > the hands show 10:10.
> > >
> > > How far back does that tradition go?
> > >
> > > Bill Hawkins
> > >