The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-02-21

simple mechanism, put in motion by
counterpOises. After having visited
this part of the park, you can return
to the first by the same process, and
these little voyages which recall the
Russian mountains, are very anus
ing.
ELBCT1IC oLooK.
We come to tho house Of the gard :
ener, III. Robert Houdln wishes that
his people should be at their work
bright and early; TO secure this he has
put up in Antoino's bedroom an alarm
clock, which sounds at fxed hour by
means of an electric clock; be has ta-
ken care to place this alarm, not near
the bedroom Of his gardener, but at
tho other side OF the room now the
electric hubbub does not stop until you
unhook the conducting wire so An
tome Is obliged to get up in order to
deliver himself from the deafening
noise, and once up, he will not bo like
ly to go back to bed. The battle is
won.
= Beyond the lodge of tho gardener is
the hot-houso, in which are kept dur
ing the winter the orange and other
trees which are sensitive to cold but
ifit is necessary to keep these from the
frost, il is quite as hurtful to expose
them to excessive heat; it is, there
fore, necessary TO have the means of
verifying the temperature of the green
house, and, above all, of assuring ones
self during the night that the garden
ing has not been neglected. Nothing
easier to NJ. Robert Houdin. A metal
lie Thermometer, composed of two diff
erent plates, which dilate unequally
when heated, at a certain degree of
heat or Of cold pushes littlO valve,
which puts it in communication with
an electric apparatus, the current once
established, sounds bell which nOti-
fies the master of the house. r
You will conjecture that tho subject
Of clocks has not been neglected by q
man who has accomplished wonders
in that kind ofmcchanism. N. Robert
Houdin has given TO his native town
Blcis-an electric clock, net kept in
motion by electricity transmitted and
regulated by another clock Of the com
mon kind, but performing its func-
tions under the direct influence of q
Tpilo, which is only renewed once a
ysnr all the clocks and watches IN
the town are regulated by this clock.
In his house, M. Robert Houdin he's
clock Of great precision, a veritsble
ohronomoter ofoommon make; it goes
by means Of weight which 1T is nee
essary to wind up every week or Ove-
ry month to obviato this necessity,
NJ. Robert Houdin has utilized a vast
cd force, which no one before him has
thought of employing it is the kitch-
en- door which, constantly opened and
shut, winds up by this constant going
and coming the weight Of his clock.-
BY means of an electric communioa.
tion, the pendulum gives motion to the
hands Of several dies placed in differ
ent corners Of the mansion, so that in
getting up of meTAing, and putting
his nose as they say, out Of the wiR-
dow, NJ. Robert Houdin sees on the
right, on the gable end Of his green
house, the hour Of day, on the left, on
the gable end ofanother building, a di-
al hand which tells him the state ofthe
barometer, while directly in front is a
vane which shows the direction of the
wind. And now, dc, not these lngeni-
Gus and discreet mechanical servants,
80 obedient, ofsoeven temper, whose
wages are almost nothing, who are
neither blustering nor awkward, who
do not break anything, who, in word,
do not mako jokes or bulls, and who
are consequently the ideal Of the model
servant, need a great deal of carse-
Tive hours a year 70 renew the electric
piles. II is but simple truth to say
that all this is arranged in a perfection
in which you perceive the inventive
mlnd and hand Of 1ordsrfully skill.
ful artist.sfi ~ mot- f "a ,f...,, y. 4.