split-hand

Updated: May 12, 2025

Suddenly the smallest perceptible jerk told that the wheels had moved, and on the instant the split-hand of every watch in the car had recorded the fact. "Three twenty-nine twenty-seven!" announced the time-keeper. "Three twenty-nine twenty-seven!" echoed the representative of the railway company.

Various - McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 3, February 1896