The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-04-12
A MECHANICAL WONDER.
A CIoc, ia Germany That Is Marvel OF
Mechanical Genius-Trlcf Description.

friend. contains the description OF n
wonderful clock. which, being translated
, is after this fashion:
About a year ago scientific clock was
on exhibition here. the maker of which.
8Ir. Martin. called it tue Eighth Wonder of
the World Judges in the matter of
clocks found tins designation exaggerated.
as thc work, on close examination. failed
to make the impression which the high
colored description led people to expect.
Two Black Forest clock makers. Adolphus
lIaensle and Augustus Noll. have, how
ever, created III the course OF tho year
work which places the Martin clock very
much in tine shade. This Haensle
and Noll clock has height Of 800
meters, width 3 meters and depth
meter; it IS built in the style
of the renaissance, and with its
figures and carvings, executed in
truly artistic manner. The clock shows
the seconds and strikes the hours, quar-
tiers and minutes. Besides, it shows the
days Of the week, months, seasons and
the years up TO 10000 1t shows the
solar system, the phases Of the moon, the
revolution of the earth and the zodiac;
/ then on seventeen clock faces the time at
Berlin, Prague, Riga, Vienna. Cairo
+ Egypt, Tifli5, Trieste, Rome, Munich,
/ Berne, New York, Geneva, Boston Paris,
Metz, London. and in the center, on the
principal face, the time OF the place
( where the clock is located
The arrangement Of the clock Is tho
following: Below in the center there Is,
under glass and quite open 20 view, the
principal movement which when
wound, will run for a year, surprising
that the clock Is not moved. at The right
of the movement there is the work OF the
calendmiUn, at the left a music box. and
in the front the globe If the earth which
receives its revolution by a very simple
but ingenious mechanism. Above the
movement IS the second and minute
hand, after the revolution OF which an
angel strikes Il bell and indicates the ex-
piration Of a minute, while the hands Of
the seventeen faces advance Jump one
minute. The expiration of n quarter is
again indicated by an angels striking
two bells.
In the course Of an hour the ages Of
man are repIosonted--at the end OF the
inst quarter child appears, at tho second
% youth. 10 the third "a man. and at the
fourth an old man. The hour Is struck
bv Death By whose side stands. an angel,
who wiuks Death 70 desi-t at tine appear
aucc If the i.Ist three figures. but suffers
him to strike the hour al the appearance
Of the old man. At the left hand half
height OF the clock. there stand the twelve
apostles. and before them Christ At the
expiration Of an hour the twelve bow be-
fore Christ, who blesses them by raising
his hands. 1T o'clock, mornings and
evenings a sexton rings the bell while
three monks step from their cell and 20
into the church for prayer, as they 80 IN
choral Music is played At I'D " clock in
the evening a night Waterman enters
upon his duty and blows his horn every
hour until . o'clock in the morning; at 3
the cock crows, standing in natural size
al the left upper corner Of the clock.
1T l. o'clock noon and night the music
box plays piece, and at Il, night the
calcndary changes and the following
week, day and date appear, and at the
end of the month, whether Of thirty or
thirty-onc days, the name Of the next
month viii come up, and leap years are
not forgotten At the left upper end
near the cock is representation Of the
apparent courie revolution OF the sun
round the eartn, which changes accord
ing to the season, so that IL appears
larger OF smaller On the other side
nearest the cuckoo is the course Of the
moon, representing the different phases
Of that satellite The globe Of tho earth
rcyolyes every twenty-four hours On
the 2lst Of March, the beginning of
spring, the cuckoo, also represented Of
natural size. begins its musical perform
ance and continues until the beginning
OF fall
Each season is represented symbol
ically March u, spring appears a5
maiden IN company OF a child with
WIeaths Of flowers; June u, the maiden ,
carries q sheaf Of wheat and the child. !
sickle Sept n, both carry fruit and Dec
2l the maiden has spinning wheel and ,
the child q spinning whirl Spindle On
Dec. %, q lovely Christmas picture is :
III bil( Nlltt anu NlAg 4lNsN
box plays an appropriate tune. On Dec. I
81. at II o'clock at night, the trImpeter
plays a solo, accompanied by the OF }
chestra, 70 indicate the beginning Of the
new year and at the same time the num- +
Der of the year changes.
The run OF this clock, as we have de- {
scnbed it, would repeat itself up to tho /
year 10, 600, and might then be prolonged S
for another 70, 600 years. il the numbers S
were changed. OF course this Is illusory, I
but il shows that such work might be !
created The clock would have 70 stand
in the same place for 10, 900 years and be
wound regularly every year And the
tooth Of time and the natural decay Of I
everything earthly must be stopped i
which IS not very lkely.-Waterbury {
Conn American. /
Specimen OF New Honey Plant. &
AT q recent meeting Of the American /