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partiora

English translation: wheel count (locking plate)

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Italian term or phrase:partiora
English translation:wheel count (locking plate)
Entered by: Ivana UK

19:36 Mar 11, 2007
Italian to English translations [PRO]
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Italian term or phrase: partiora
Description of a 17th Century clock:

Il treno della suoneria dà rintocchi da 1 a 12 mediante partitora.

The few online references I've found don't help with the translation of this term - so any ideas are, as always, much appreciated!!
Ivana UK
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:10
hour divider
Explanation:
it is not french! (italian)

IMSS - Multimedia Catalogue - Glossary - Chime regulator- [ Traduire cette page ]The chime regulator (Italian: partitora or spartiora, "hour divider") is a wheel whose rim bears irregularly spaced teeth to regulate the sequence of hour ...
brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/museum/esim.asp?c=100476 - 9k
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Francis MARC
Lithuania
Local time: 09:10
Grading comment
In the end I went with "count wheel (locking plate_" which fits the definition of partiora perfectly (and appears to be another way of saying "chime regulator")
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3 +3hour divider
Francis MARC


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hour divider


Explanation:
it is not french! (italian)

IMSS - Multimedia Catalogue - Glossary - Chime regulator- [ Traduire cette page ]The chime regulator (Italian: partitora or spartiora, "hour divider") is a wheel whose rim bears irregularly spaced teeth to regulate the sequence of hour ...
brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/museum/esim.asp?c=100476 - 9k


Francis MARC
Lithuania
Local time: 09:10
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 3
Grading comment
In the end I went with "count wheel (locking plate_" which fits the definition of partiora perfectly (and appears to be another way of saying "chime regulator")

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Alfredo Tutino
1 hr
agree  xuebai
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agree  Vicky Papaprodromou
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