In the city of Lier, north of Belgium, near the border with the Netherlands found the Tower Zimmer, the monument also known as the Tower Cornelius which was built as part of the fortifications of the century 14.

Converted into a symbol of the city, was converted into the tourist attraction that is now by the astronomer and watchmaker Louis Zimmer, when in 1930 build the clock centennial, or Jubilee.

This is located in the front of the tower and is a clock that has several clocks inside the main, but that some of them do not give the time, in particular are 12 clocks around the central in which shows the exact time, while those of around give us the time equation that is the difference in minutes between the time solar apparent and the time solar means, the zodiac and the solar cycle. Read the rest of this entry »