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English: The Marine Police Heasquarters Compound and the device for hoisitng Timeballs,Hong Kong, 1908
中文：香港位於尖沙咀的前香港水警總部及懸掛報時球的設備（攝於1908年）。
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Source From Timeball to Atomic Clock - A History of the Royal Obsevatory
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