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France, an unusually large, late 19th century industrial windmill form compendium for the Spanish market, the structure in gilded faux ashlar and mounted to a circular black slate base, the lower, cylindrical portion with central door and flanking windows, tapering mid section with ornate railing at base, and mounted with an eight day clock with arabic numera silvered dial, lever platform and cut bimetallic balance, striking the hours and half hour below a barometer with silvered dial, and flanking Fahrenheit and centigrade thermometers, the conical roof with wind vane, the windmill sails rotating in front of the dials, powered by a brass, spring driven movement concealed in the top of the structure, just below the roof