intact c. 1940's american industrial wall-mount public school electric analog clock designed and fabricated by the faraday electric corp., adrian, mi. the wall clock contains a tapered and stepped case and/or bezel comprised of folded and pressed sheet steel with original dark brown enameled finish intact. the original clear glass clock cover is free from damage (e.g., cracks, etc.). the hour, minute and sweeping second hands are original and intact. the clock face contains a fixed numbered dial with a circular scale of 12 hours. faraday was founded in 1875 in brooklyn, new york. in the early 1900's, the company was owned by stanley & patterson, an electrical supplies conglomerate. around this time, faraday began producing notification appliances, such as bells, horns, buzzers, etc. they also rebranded coded fire alarm stations from holtzer-cabot. from the 1930's to the 1960's, faraday was known as "sperti-faraday", and the company moved to adrian, michigan. from the late 1960's up until present, many companies rebranded faraday's popular line of notification appliances, including simplex, standard electric time company, pyrotronics, gamewell, fci, etc. measures 14 inches in diameter.