1H B= CLOCK,

When the long hand is at VI (six) the short hand is half-way
between XII and I: and it is half-past Twelve.

When the long hand is at VII (seven) it is Twenty-five minutes
to One.

When the long hand is at VIII (eight) it is Twenty minutes
to One.

When the long hand is at IX (nine) the short hand, which has
been slowly moving all the while, has gone three quarters the

 

space between XII and I, and it is a Quarter to One.

When the long hand is at X (ten) it is Ten minutes to One.

When the long hand is at XI (eleven) the short hand is very
near the figure I, and it is Five minutes to One.

When the long hand has got round to XII again, the short —
e Sy hand is at I, and it is One o’clock.

 

And in the same way the short hand will move from I to II, while the long
hand is going right round the face again, and it will then be Two o'clock.

So that when the short hand has pointed out all the hours, one after
another, it will only have gone round the face once, but the long hand will
have gone round it twelve times.

GA