The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1869-08-21

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nearly nine IN dspsA; the whole IL Anihsd IN IL
Byzantine style d decoration. The Agure u he
Supreme Being from the summit Of tho clook, 1t
every hour. by solemn gesture. calls attsntiou
TO the saints who are % their alcovea yielding
attention 70 Tia sounds which accompany The
growing Of fine cock. ,. ge.s7r, !
The main dial, there are 80 in al, d occupied
by the figure Of che Saviour enamsled o. ooppee,
the largest work IN snsnel existing Il cost ESQ
Above their divine Master the IL apostles, also
in enamel, figure in . circle artishcally express
i've Of devotion. Two hands Of steel covered By
platinum, move over this dial through twenty
four divisions; II II pierced, - are al the others
and shows the psndulum. weighing nearly one
cwt, which renews it, impulse nom steal ball
Weighing gramms, or about the I'D part OF an
ounce. This impulse b thoroughly tho product
Of mechanical inyentivenesA and q, - u were.
an allegory exhibiting the submiseicn Of brute
force 70 intelligent dirsetioa: This movsment
impels the IA others, and l. wound up weekly,
other dials indicate the days u tho week. The
movements Of the planetary bodies. Sun'siss.
Sunset. The seasons. The signs Of the Zodiac.
The duration Of daylight. The duration Of the
night. The equation Of time. The dates. The
saints days The months. Tho phases Of the
moon. The age Of the moon. The time st the
principal cities Of tho world, Tho solstiees. The
movable fsasts. The ags Of the world. The year
Of the century. The bissextile years. The lon.
gitudes. The number Of the century. This por.
ton Of the machinery exhibits no indication
10 required than TO wind the machine every
eighth day. Other dials show further - Tho
tides. The eclipsss for al the world, both total
and partial. At the hour when the sun o. moon
10 collapsed in the heavens, 10 the minute even,
the sun or moon suffers obsouration on the clock.
To form . correct appfeoiation Of tho enormous
work and calculation In this great machine, I'M.
equalled anywhere, which has its separate move
ment from that which shows seconds Of time 70
those which indicate events occurring not often.
or than once in 100 years, it must be remember.
ed that three centuries ont Of four the last year
leaps it's bissextle. In these years the elock has
to leap from February %, and goes from the 2sth
to the LIST OF March. Here Ii . movement OCCUR.
ing only in 400 years. What IL left but to I'D.
mire the inventive genius which has combined
in one harmonious whole and subjected 70 uni.
form motion 10000 separate pieces, all united to
measure and indicate the tootstsps Of time, show.
ing the positions Of tho smaller and The gsoater
heavenly bodies in both worlds; even those We
see nothing Of, which exist IN the other hemis-
phere, and OF which this clock faithfully records
the rising and setting. Tho Inhabitants Of Beau.
vais possess wonder Of the world, and w are
indebted to them for showing il at tho Exhibition
OF Paris. where it, modest inventor explained its
operations, and who by . remarkable coincidence
bears name strictly in harmony with his de.
votion to exact science. His name is Verits.
Mr.. Steckelburger, Of Strasbourg, Jealous for
the honor Of his native town, protests q follows
against the assumption that the Beauvaise clock
is uneQualed: "Mr. Nauremont says that the
clock Of Strssbourg has no longer
any secrets for any body. For very good rea-
son, indeed He Is speaking Of that which was
constructed in 1874 by Isaac Haberecht. How
could this poor machine have any secrets for
any one, since it was taken down 80 years ago,
and the various parts placed in the religious 60.
tablishment Of Notre Dame, where It may still be
seen. But this is not the clock we have 10 do
with the present clock dates from 1912; il is
that constructed by Mr.. Schwilgue.
II could not suppress smile at the catalogue
OF indications said to be shown BY the Beauvais
clock, for our cathedral clock shows all these and
some besides. It shows the all wonderful things
in the almanacs and all the astronomical calcula.
tons possible and perpetual. It contains an 90.
clesiastical computator with all its indications
the golden number, the epscts, dominica letter,
solar circle, etc.; perpetual calendar with the
movable feasts, q planetarium Of the Copernican
system, showing all tho mean equinoctial revo.
lutions of every planet visible to the naked eye
the phases of the moon the solipses; apparent
and sidereal time; celestial sphere showing the
procession OF tho exquinoxes the solar and lunar
questions for tho reduction of the mean motion
OF the sun and moon 10 true time and place.
What else hardly know. The Bsuvaise clock
makes change in every fourth century great
merit The precise indication is exhibited here,
but ask an astronomer what Is meant by the pro.
cession Of the eQuinoxes. He will tell you It is
q movement in tho stars describing complete
revolution round the earth in the space Of about
$4,000 to $4,000 years. We'll, Sir, in the Strss-
bourg clock Is sphere following exactly this
motion, whose rotation is Of that kind ~ 70 en-
sure one revolution in 26.92O years. The thing
can be measured and indicated; il is unneses-
sary to await its accomplishment: il would be
A SINGULAR PRoPOsITIoN.-Dr. Sage has I'M.
doubtedly discovered perfect specific for Ca.
tarrh, judging from the universal satisiaction
and appreciation which We hear expressed BY GOV.
eral persons who have used II. r. v. Pierce,
n D., Of Buffalo, N. 7. the proprietor, a. viii
be seen by reference to our advertising columns
has 80 much confidence In the Remedy, - 70 OF.
or standing reward Of $500 for case Of Co.
tarrh that he cannot cure. The remedy IL said
to be very mild and pleasant to use. Il may be
procured by enclosing sixty cents to the proprie.
tor, or Of any Druggist in the land Toledo
BLADE. Aug. 81, Nv.
Iumlter.
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