Assertion: clock's time | /r/HasProperty | read
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text: The time is read by observing the placement of several "hands", which emanate from the centre of the dial:
text: The longer daylight hours in summer can usually be seen at the outer edge of the dial, and the time in unequal hours is read by noting the intersection of the sun hand with the appropriate curved line.
text: The striking feature of clocks was originally more important than their clock faces; the earliest clocks struck the hours, but had no dials to enable the time to be read.