Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-11-18
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BURG.


The great clock in the Cathedral a
Slrssbnrg (in Alsace) may be rega55oeo
"a one Nj che wonders Of the mo1eEh
--,rl5 A. fhat city is now occupied Dy
tbe PrnssfaD army, and the cathedral
s.t 5estroved. description of the won
JeSf1I time-piece will be specially IN
ts-est;ne. The following particulars are
sbri5ged by Al English magazine from
an oId COPY OF the Strasburg ChTOniele:
Herein nine things are to be cOnsld-
ered. whereof eight are in the WALL
the ninth stands on the ground three
feet from the wall. This is a great
Globe Of the heavens, in which there
are three motions; one of the whole
.Iobe- which displays the whole heaV-
ons- and moves about from the east to
the vest Ia twenty-fouF hours; the sec
ond e fthe sun, which runs through
fke signs once every year; the third is
81 the moon. which runs her course IN
tventy-eigbt days. So that in this
globe you may view the motions OF the
whole heavens, the motions Of the sun
snd moon, every minute of an hour
the rising end falling of every star
deseribedl The instruments of these
motions are hid in the body Of q pen-
ean under the globe. The pole rs hit
e5 m 70 the elevation of Strasburg,
md noted By fair star made Of brass.
The zenith Is declared By an angle
nIaced il the midst of the meridian.
The second to be observed are two
great circles, one within another, one
eiuht feet. the other nine feet broad;
the outermost moves from the north
to the south once in year, and hath
two aBgels-One on the north side,
which points every day In the week;
the other on the south side, which
points what day shall be one-hah year
after. The inner circle moves from
south 60 north once in a hundred
years, and hath many things described
about it: as the year Of the world the
year of our Lord, the circle of the sun,
the professions of the equinoZes, with
the change Of the celestial points.
which things fall out By the motions
which are called hSpzaafko1kS, the leap
year, the movable feasts, and the do
minical letter, or golden number, as II
turns every year. There Is an lmmoY-
able index, which incloses for every
year all these things; the lower part
Of which index Is joined TO another
round circle, which is immOVable,
wherein the province of Alsatia and
the city of Strasburg are. described.
On both sides Of the circles, on the
wall, the eclipses of the sun and moon
are told for many years-from 1919 %
1924. The third thing is a weekly
motion Of the planets; on Sunday the
sun Is drawn about IN his chariot, as
the day Is spent; and before he be full
in.you have Monday, that is the moon
clear forth, and the horses Of Mars
chariot putting forth their heads; and
so for every day in the week. The
fourth thing is a dial for the minutes
Of the hour. On the north side, a
child. with a seepter in his nand, tells
every stroke of the clock; another
child on the south side, has an hour
glass in his hand which runs just with
the clock; and when the clock has
struck he turns his glass. Above the
minute dial is a dial for the hour. The
outermost circumference contains the
hours, but within it is perfect astrol-
abe, whereby is shown the motion Of
every planet, its aspect and IN what
sign, degree, and hour, every one is IN
every hour of the day; the opposition
likewise of the sun and moon, and the
head and tail of the dragon. The
sixth thing is a circle, wherein are the
two signs of the moons rising and
falling; at the hollow places it Is seen
ct what state she is, and her age Is de-
olared by an index. The seventh thing
consists of four little bells, Whereon
the quarters of the hour are struck.
At the first quarter comes forth lit
Gle boy. and strikes the first bell with
an apple, and goes and stays at the
fourth bell until the next quarter;
then comes a youth, and with a dart,
strikes two bells, and succeeds into
the place of the child; at the third
comes forth a man-at-arms, with a
halbeFt IN his hand, and strikes three
bells, he succeeding into the place of
the youth; at the fourth quarter comes
an old man with a staff, having a crook
at the end, and he strikes the four
bells, and stands at the fourth quarter
until the next quarter; Immediately
to strike the clock comes Death in a
room above the others, for this is the
eight thing; and at each quarter he
comes forth to catch each of the for
mer ages away with him; but contra
Fy side cones forth a figure intended
to represent our Savior, which drives
him il; but when the last quarter is
heard, Death has to 60 to the bell.
which he strikes with his bone, ard
stands at the bell, as the old man does
at his quarter bell, till the next quar-
ter, and then they 60 in both together,
The ninth, and last thing in this right
line is the tower at the top of the work,
wherein is q chime, which goes at
three, seven, and eleven o CLOCK, each
time a different tune; and at Christ
mas, Easter, and Whitsuntide, a
thanksgiving; and when this chime
has done, the eock-Whieh stands on
the top Of the tower, and the north
side Of the main work-having stretch
ed out his neck, shakes his comb,
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