On Becoming Blind; Advice for the Use of Persons Losing Their Sight
On Becoming Blind; Advice for the Use of Persons Losing Their Sight
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Digitized by VjOOQ IC vm WATCHES AND CLOCKS During the forty years since I came of age I have always kept before my mind Franklin's motto, ^'Time is the stuff of which life is made." This stuff I have never frittered away; I have used the smallest moments. Accordingly, in spite of my per- petual night, whereiQ I am very often sub- jected either to inactivity or to the inability of escaping from iuopportune conversation, I have kept a means of knowing the time ; and this need, poor as it is, wil...l be my ex- cuse for devoting a chapter to this question.
There are watches without crystals whose covers open on pressing a spring. These watches, of a very common type, are adapted to the use of the blind by the addition of twelve little metal pegs fastened around the circle of the face, opposite each numeral.
By touching it is easy to tell the position of 47 Digitized by VjOOQ IC 48 ON BECOMING BLIND the hands accurately enough to tell the time jilmost to the minute. One should accustom himself from the first to use only the left hand for taking out the watch, opening it, and feeling the hour.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Digitized by VjOOQ IC vm WATCHES AND CLOCKS During the forty years since I came of age I have always kept before my mind Franklin's motto, ^'Time is the stuff of which life is made." This stuff I have never frittered away; I have used the smallest moments. Accordingly, in spite of my per- petual night, whereiQ I am very often sub- jected either to inactivity or to the inability of escaping from iuopportune conversation, I have kept a means of knowing the time ; and this need, poor as it is, wil...l be my ex- cuse for devoting a chapter to this question.
There are watches without crystals whose covers open on pressing a spring. These watches, of a very common type, are adapted to the use of the blind by the addition of twelve little metal pegs fastened around the circle of the face, opposite each numeral.
By touching it is easy to tell the position of 47 Digitized by VjOOQ IC 48 ON BECOMING BLIND the hands accurately enough to tell the time jilmost to the minute. One should accustom himself from the first to use only the left hand for taking out the watch, opening it, and feeling the hour.
What to read after On Becoming Blind; Advice for the Use of Persons Losing Their Sight?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Émile Javal to read onlineMoreLess
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