Arizona silver belt., 1886-10-30
CURIOUS rfME.PIeoEs.
Odd Watches and Ciocigs Discovered in
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 In tho year lS39 a transparent watch,
 of small size, constructed principally Of
 rock crystal, was presented to thc Aoa- demy of Sciences in Paris. Tho works worn LII visible; tho two-teothcd whools which carrjod the hands were of rock "ry<tal and thu others were metal. All ihn screws wore fixed in crystal and oarh axis turned an rHbirs. The escapemant waa of sapphire, Che baiancu.whcnl of rook-crysal and the spring of gold, IL kept excellent time.
 A curiosity in thc way of watches was shown hy thr director of thr Wutch- makNrs School at Geneva before the neurological section of the Sorirty of
 Arts u' a mnrting lust yetr. This won- der is uothiug less thaH u watch with one wheel manufactured at Paris, in the last century. The watch was presented to tho National Institute ju l79O. being then it. dtpiorablo state; but tho teacher Of the repairing section at tho school has, aftor many hours of labor, succeeded in ra-cstab- ishiug harmony between jhe various orglus, su th0t it is now in going order !, would take d professional wathmgker to describe the manner in which the one wheel k made to oporform the whole duty of keeping time.
 A rccunt number of thc ,EojetlCrs' Gir- cW'Hr describes an ancient musical clock now in possession of @ citizen of Mari etta, Wis. eli is two hundred and tiir- ty-fve years old, and keeps good time. The movement is made of wood. leud and iron. The weight that runs the musical part weighs fifty pouuds. 1t plays a piece every hour, hut 1t is rather hoarSc at present. from old @gr, Tho dial is large and has the paintings of William Penn describing his bistory. At the top are five musicians tlrcssrd in uniforms, who raise their instruments to their lips as they begin Go play. The case k made uf maple ard mahogany. it was made in tha year lGtg, and wus brought to this country in lS4T by q party of immigrants, being the only time-piocc brought with them
 A paragraph went tho rounds of the AAN NNAflN NF4tAa hiNH'tEl tlillE the novel invention of a Salt Lake iewoler. It is Q timo-picCo in the shape of a steel wire stretched across show window, on which stuffed canary hops from loft to right, indicating as it goes the hours of the day by pointing with his bcak at a dial stretched beneath the wire and having the figures from one to tWenty-f0ur, When 1t rGachcs the latter figure, it glides across che wire to one again. There is no mechanism whatever that can be seen, it all being inside the bird. The inventor says he was three years in studying tt out
 A clock of some historic interest w-as recently sold at auction iu CarHsle, Mass. It stood in house at Lexington { at the time the shot was fired which Was heard round the world The British set fire to the house, but tho clock e. capcd in some way and has just ] turned up agtin after the lapse 0f 1. century in perfect running order. It [ was purchased by . resident of Lexing- l ton, and Is now performing its daily i. round of duties iR its oil home. ft I bears the date lT7a, and Is supposed to { be remotely connected to that other . ancient timc-piUec which to tho poet seemed always tO be saving:
 "Fnrryer-neyer--
 SgFer-foEgyer" ....
 4 noyol form of clock has recently been designed by an English artisan. The face has the form of tamb0urino decorated with Q wreath of twelve how- CTS at equal distances apart, These mark tho hours, and over them glide two gay ly-painted butterflies, one larger than the other. These are the hands, the larger indicating the minutes, the small 1r the hours The works are concealed behind the tambourinc, and the motions of the butterflies, which arc made of magnetic metal, are producel by mag nets carried on the arms forming the real hands of the clock Another clock worthy of mention is exhibited in awell- inown clock-maker window in Lon lon. IL is framed and eol0red photo ,raph of the houses of Parliament, West ninster, with | real dial let into the over to represent Big Ben The dial s very small, to match the photograph; nevertheless t is said to keep good time. N r OJScrrer.