Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-12-20

the time. To Quare also bslo,.,
credit OF inventing the repeating Ta We
ment In watches by which the I'VE 'e'
could at any time ascertain tba
This was done by pressing a sr .Gat
which caused q hammer TO str,keus'
bell the hours aud quarters. aA
DISCOVERY OF THE JEwELINc An
These various inventions by P0si,-,
men and the excellence of wors dos"sa'
them gave worldwide reputstior "
English watches, and caused tbs~ %
be much sought after. Nicholas 20
a native OF Geneva, a mathematIcsr
whom Bishop Burnett in his ..Trs ru' =,
17s5, speaks Of very highly. srs,s
covered the art of jewelinC wa,cb.e'
reduce the friction OF the piyo,s. ara
1904, In conjunction with Ps,er
Baufre and Jacob de Baufre. ob,,i,es
patent for the sole application N ~
invention in England for fourteen ys = -
TAUGHT THE NoBLEMAN A IpSSo,,
Beaumarchais, the famous writa, .,
"Le Barber de Seville" ana "Io ~
riage de Figaro" was the son Of a wa,cr
! maker, aud, when one OF the most 49,
courtiers Of Louis XIV, gave lesSor =
politeness TO a nobleman who tried -
insult him. Being in the gsllerv =.
Versailles, this nobleman stopped Re,n'
mGrchais and In sneering tone askss
him to examine a valuable watch wbI,k
he wore and which was out OF or6a,
Beaumarchais tried 10 excuse himSef,
but, on the nobleman's insistins
stretched out his hand to take To-
watch, but dropped II as II by accidan,
on the floor, observing: "0h, see itL
! broken"
ARNoLD's GIFT TO GEORGE Ill
In 1864 u handsome and curious pr,s.
ent was made TO George III. by Arnold
q celebrated matchmaker OF London
1t was a repeating watch set 10 rims
and was about the size OF a silver 5.cep,
piece, and though IL had 100 difereb,
parts, weighed only five pennyweigh,
seven and three-fourth grains and coz.
tanned the first ruby cylinder ever made
For this little marvel Arnold received
from the king a present OF 500 guluess
and when the ear OF Russia, who had
heard of this watch, offered Arnold /.
600 guineaS for similar one he refused
not wishing to depreciate his presen, 70
George III.
Another watch made by Russian
peasant during the reign OF Catherine
ii, was masterpiece OF mechanism.
1t was musical repeating watch about
the size Of an egg and had inside a re.
presentation OF the tomb OF Christ
guarded by Roman sentInels. BY press
ing n spring the stone would roll back
the sentinels fall down, the angles %.
pear and the holy woman enter The
sepulcher. At the same time the chsn,
which Is sung in the Greek church on
Easter eve would be accurately perform.
| ed.
APPEARANCE or THE cHnoNOMETER
The value Of the watch or chron0me.
ter, which is the highest form Of the
watch, was very early seen by nay.gat
ors, and in 1898 Philip Ill, Of Spain, Of.
Tered 100. 600 crowns TO any person who
would invent some instrument by which
the longitude OF ship at sea could be
ascertained; but this happy result was
not accomplished till 1888, when Joha
| Harrison, one OF the greatest watch.
makers that ever lived, succeeded 10
making a chronometer that stood near
ly all the tests required by the English
Board OF Longitude, and received SIS.
600 from the government. In 1901 he
still further perfected his invention, sod
was finally, In 1873, awarded the $780,
600 offered by the government Tor do
covery such Is he had made.
With this and other discoveries pre-
vlously mentioned the art OF watch
making has been continued up TO TIE
present time by such famous masters 40
Nudge Brequet, the well-known Fren,a
matchmaker, Frodsham, Hutton Ahi
| others, until now a good watch can Be
purchased Tor a SUN which would DOL
have paid for the cases 100 years ago
and as time-keepers are equal
and in many cases superior 70
those for which our ancestors gave S'y'
81, 900 and $1,000.
| MIR. GUNTHEHs ANCIENT TREASURE.
Among the many collections possessed
by Mr.. b. +. Gunther. OF this city, u
one OF watches, which ! regret TO 'ay .
hidden from public gaze aud contains
some very fine specimens, one OF whl1h
will be OF peculiar interest 70 The Amer
| lean people on account OF us ha"ns
been once possessed by John Hancoeh'
President OF the Continental Cohsre'f
and IL Is TO the courtesy OF Mr.. GunthH
that am enabled to give an illustfauon
OF IL.
A silver watch made by j. Bushnir'
OF London, about l740 and possessed ~
Mr.. j. j. Burghoffer. also OF this Guy
Is fine specimen OF dial work Of ih'
eighteenth century.
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