Writing Time on the Clouds

From the April 1933 Popular Science, a plan to make obsolete the individual wristwatch, at least on cloudy days:
Once engaged in the development of a death ray for possible military use, H. Grindell-Matthews, British inventor, has developed a new gun for projecting light rays. A motor carriage supports the cannon-like projector, which is designed to throw signs upon clouds miles away, and is an improved model of one he demonstrated in New York City not long ago. By inserting a special clock with a transparent face and opaque hands and figures in the projector, the correct time is also thrown on clouds.
[Acknowledgments to Modern Mechanix]
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