The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1879-09-30
A Wonderful Clock.

clock made BY Mr.. Felix Meier, of
Detroit, Mch., which is said to eclipse
ull former achievements in this direc-
tion, without excepting even the
Slrisbpurg, which for SO many years
has been regarded as the great clock
vi the world. Al
MIR. Meier's clock Is the result of
nearly ten Years of patient labor AMI
tile expenditure Of. $1,000 in cash.
The clock is eighteen feet III height,
eight feet wide, by five feet deep, and
weighs 1000 pounds. 1t is of han,l.
some proportions; the framework is
entirely Of black walnut elegantly
carved. Above the main body of the
clock is marble dome, upon which
Washington sits In his chair OF state,
protected by canopy, which is sur
mounted by gilded statue of Column
bin; OH either side of Washington is
u colorcd servant in livery guarding
the doors, which open between the
pillars that support the canopy; on
the four corners of the main body OF
the clock are black walnut inches con-
tanning human figures, emblematic Of
the march of life; the two lower ones
are supported by two female figures
with flaming torches; one of them
contains the figure OF an'infant, the
second the figure ofa youth, the third
of a inan in middle life, the fourth OF
on aged graybcard, and still another,
directly over the center, contains Il
srinning skeleton representing Father
Time. All Of these figures have bells
and hammers IN their hands. The
infants bell is small aud sweet toned ;
the youths bell larger aud harsher
the bell OF manhood strong and reso.
nant; that OF old age diminishing in
strength, and the bell OF the skeleton
deep and mournful. The astronomi,
cal and mathematical calculation, II
kept up, would show the correct
movement Of the planets for two hun.
dred years, leap years included. ~
The clock shows the time at Detroit
in hours, minutes and seconds; the
difference in time at New York,
Woshinotou San Francisco, Mel.
bonrne Pekiu Cairo. Constantiuoplc
81 Petersburg. Vienna, London. Ber.
lin and Paris. The day of tlre week
calendar doy of the month. month OF
,Ia1 veary And seasonsi iof ihe wear
Tho si,c,s of Tho zodiac. the reyolu.
tions of ihe earth on its own axis, and
also around the sun. The revolu,
| lions of the moon around the earth
and with il around the sun: also the
moons changes from the Quarter ID
tho half lhrce Quarters and full. |,
also shows the correct movement OF
thc planets around the sun. plI |
Tlere Il n movement In this clock
whicli cannot reltularlyl be repeated
more than once in eiyhty-four years
IT'T'he }nyentorhas 4 crank attached
TO The clock. by means Of which he
can hasten the working of the ma
Irhinervaim order TO show its move
me,,fs ofbe t,ublic . by4thrping con
i tinuousjy twelve hours a day for six
tcen dnys and eight hours, a periec
lrcyomtion of the, plane. .aUranu,
aro,lnd the sun would be made.
| Ar the end of every quarter houl
the infant in his carved niche strike
with n tinv hammer upon the bel
(which ho holds IN his hand AT III,
end of each half hour the you'll
strikes. at the end of three quarter
of an hour The man, and at the end 0
each hour The graybeard. Death thcl
! follows with a measured stroke /,
toll The hour, and at the same momen
4 carved cupid projects from eithe
side, with wings to indicate that tim
flics. AT the same time n large mu
clio hay manufactured Mt Geneva ex