Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1886-07-12
Curious Timepieces.

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Of small size, constructed principally of
rock crystal, was presented to the
Academy of Sciences in Paris. The
works were all visible; the two-teethed
wheels which carried the hands were of
rock crystal and the others were metal.
All the screws were fixed in crystal and
each axis turned on rubies. The es-
capement was of sapphire, the balance
wheel of rock crystal and the spring of
gold. 1t kept excellent time.
A curiosity in the way of watches was
shown by the director of the Watch
makers School at Geneva before the
theological section of the Society of
Arts at meeting last year. This Won
der is nothing less than a watch with
one wheel, manufactured at Paris in the
last century. The watch was presented
to the National Institute in 1870, being
then in deplorable state; but the teach
er of the repairing section at the school
has, after many hours OF labor, succeed
ed in re-establishing harmony between
the various organs, SO that it is now in
going order. 1t would take profess
sional matchmaker to describe the man.
ner in which the one wheel is made to
perform the whole duty of keeping
time.
A recent number of the jewelers. Cir
cular describes an ancient musical clock
now In possession of citizen of Mari
eta, Wis. ut is two hundred and
thirty-five years old and keeps good
time The movement is made of wood,
lead and iron. The weight that runs
the musical part weighs fifty pounds.
1t plays piece every hour, but it is
rather hoarse at present from old age.
The dial is large and has the paintings
of William Penn, describing his history
AT the top are five musicians dressed in
uniforms, who raise their instruments
to their lips as they begin to play. The
case is made of maple and mahogany.
1t was made in the year 1649, and was
brought to this country in 1S47 by a
party OF immigrants, being the only
timepiece brought with them"
A paragraph went the rounds of the
newspapers some time ago, describing
the novel invention of Salt Lake jew
eler. 1t is timepiece in the shape Of
a steel wire stretched across show
window, on which stuffed canary hops
from left to right, indicating as it goes
the hours of the day by pointing with
his beak at dial stretched beneath the
wire and having the figures from one
to twenty-four. When it reaches the
latter figure it glides across the 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 it out
A novel form of clock has recently
been designed by an English artisan.
The face has the form of tambourine
decorated with a wreath of twelve
flowers at equal distances apart. These
mark the hours, and over them glide
two gaily painted butterflies, one larger
than the other. These are the hands,
the larger indicating the minutes, the
smaller the hours. The works are con-
cealed behind the tambourine. and the
motions of the butterflies, which are
made of magnetic metal, are produced
by magnets carried on the arms form
ing the real hands of the clock. An
other clock worthy of mention is exhib-
tied in well-known clock makers's S
window in London. 1t is framed and
colored photograph of the houses OF
Parliament, Westminster, with real
dial let into the tower to represent
"Big Ben" The dial is very small to
match the photograph; nevertheless il
is said to keep good time.-NeW York
Observer.