The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-06-06
TIE GROWTH OF CLOCK,
ANc'e"rs scoeeo rH9 Nouns w.,
WATER rIMeplrcrs "''H

ersSs - fssss- XII Terry. -"
me dripping Of water thfourh
hole IN jar was used By tl,e s;,' man
Romans ~ the rough u.asu,, 'NAs and
90" water hsing either meAsar. i ! ''a,e,
jAr from which Il flowed o. ill., l. Y INC
o. . h"atfng piece Of woul n . ,. i a's''n'
bar. Occasionally some WIN wing
ancient Greek or Roman lad j "s"'u'y
that sounded musical note !, .l1sara
~ an hour. intervals
Ihest"ry Of King Alfred and ,,.,
candles. each ~ which burned u. 1--WE
y two hours. Is well known n. ',ae''
glass Is Also of early date. H. VII, Z" .'''t
Ia the early history Of New WIN VIZ way
soldiers nscl hour glasses when ,, ~ ~
INK the city Ia order HAT H., ., ,'.'i,
know ~ What time % mount p,n,, ,'''a
AZ what period Ia the uorli'. ~.
sun 'llal- came into US. il Il ;n,s,o'
even toconjccturc. TIN, hall.,,n. .
accustomed t. hang heal IN ! nS l''s
hcmi-pi'cr IN such position NJ n,
shadow thrown by the ,e.sd wou, ,. Il.
'liTectly 10 tho hour. whi,h NIL .a '''.
On the inner side II tie hc,uI.,,I..,, -
/ The oil clock on the easter. ..A \.
tanou': hall, Boston. was iotm,l, .a.',
OLD HoncLrr
\ The word hor.,loec lI1sulocia, 49,.
hour scli"r. and Was IN ~. ...,l, MILL, ~
applet I" amy machine t,s t.ll;n, n.
hours. Previous 70 the discovery n ,ns
pendulum, these Mere vcrs ~. l,,he \.
fairs. The striking l4,is houe,e- !,
those erected in CanterL,,, la,hol,,i /.
1922. and at Westminster " ~ I'M
many ether places at the. ar, ds,.s
are still in use.
The earliest known dosa,t.on X
genuine hofologe Is that of WA. .n, II
the sultan 81 Egypt 10 less d IL. Eu,..
ror Frederick II. 1T rcscinblcl a III.
ti.L gIohe. IN which the sun. moon aps
planets moved. being imppi,c.I n, Weigh.
and wheels. SO that they pointed oui Ina
hour. dSs and nigh, with certainty
\ A hr.oinse from Dove, t..sile "a. \,
eshlh.lsca some years AZ III London. I.
lsorc tie .i:,'s i34S. AMI was exhibited /,
good loiry condition.
JnE FAIHKR 0P C1DcK NAElso.
\ Eli :c.--y was the father x IN. e.o,s
making industry in this country. Nah
no Implement. hut jackkniic ara X
he L,a:c the first clock II Trf,,nie
IjtchNc.d county.
IL br~an the business ii. i.0a III fhs
wear icJo he employed two ,o1nr uai
10 hep him. Tho works ~ his tkrkI
~ers now cot out several dozu II
time. OWN. a. he business b,omii..
rapidly c,il rsrl. They were a,isr~ Ar.
rus tos,:'iar Mr Terry, hen " Aai
ssnali stick ~ clocks ready. wonla max
a triI, :" what ~zS then called III ~
s,ouIi.... just reross tile lower lila.s5u
and o. tile clsrks for about 81 rpci
this r-ic. being for the movement aiulF
IL lSOs Mr. Terry fitted up 4 mn vi
nsac!sins.ry sni took large contract
make ciocis for Waterbury capitalist
In ihoJ ~ b-gan thu works of aNo cleeI
nt once. Previous to this time the whee
Ind ircn marked ont with square ~
.co.c,'ass and the teeth rnt with W.
Enc saw. Mr. TER, made the patterI
and a.xnaged the business. INT lNft p
worAsrr 81 DO The ne,'hanical iar
ard cent himself from honso =, icnsc
prij.e clocks. lie often carried back
Terryville salt PORK and farm prrdur'
ysayms,t for his tincpi,rrs. Attlat IAN
Nr. Terry was poor. hut fwcuss tl'
years Later h. was worth Ssln.mn
IScrr,sE ~ TuF HTSlTI~,
The business was sold out ~ 1870
';cth i'insnls and Sil;lS lioafIle, two
afr. Iesrys leading mechanic ana M
Ferry devoted himself 70 in,A'tH~ asI
improvements. Other CONFORM spAs
slp Gb... this time. AMI lha rit
clocks was reduced from So ~ slaNi
-. The great family ~ Nanksr f'sA
pesldlc-s grow out u the comlellilnn
the manufacturers. and with ts"miAit
clocks In their saddle. bags they sid'''
cut to The south and the ther ar VET
The business was revoIutionizNl N nv
by an invention Of Mr.. Terry -Asa
clock a wood. which superseded tlleo"
fashioned hang mp clock. This rlos \ ~
patented and called the pillar ~cscp 'P
case M. Terry sold lis patent Y ss'n
Thomas Cor 81 900. Their incomes VIE
At this time from SIS 900 70 $50. NJ \ ~
each And together they made auos'
J, 900 CLOCKS yearly.
/ Shortly .ft.rward Mr Terry retired.
and, together with his IONS. began '"'
manufacture VI locks and iron c.1s's.se
None Of the family il now "a tHe V'''
business.
In 1859 the elder Seth Thomas nlsa
and his elder son succrcdcd hun ~, !.
Thomas became secretary q ne o'.'
Thomas Clock company when y VA X
ganize,l. lie died ia April. ~. n, II.
present treasurer of the company Y M
only son. Seth T.. Thomas.
There are several tower clocks " ~
York none Of which strike the hra.'
was q one time usual % dcn'anN Y.
tower clock q variation ~ MT more ''',,
I minute a month. One IN IndclsAn'e'''n
Hall has averaged "a -'aiior n ~ ,, ~.
second month. At yoke a'',,'
the variation has not exceeded M -
onds q month. In making sa'r W.T.
ten secondsa month must b. guaran,s.esn
William Gregory Hodson ~ 'oan ~
cisco Chronicle.
C.rc - th~ Teeth.