The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-05-16
the MOST WONDERFUL


THE MOST WONDERFUL
4 Clock That Beats Anything Ever
Before Constructed.
Adolphus Hansel and Augustus
Noll. two Black Forest Germany
ciockmakers. have finished the most
wonderful Of all clocks, an astro-
nomical and Theological oddity that
throws all previous efforts ..in the
shade" according to the St. Louis
Republic. II shows the seconds and
strikes the hours, quarters and min
utes, besides giving q calendar of
days, weeks. months and years up to
the year 10000. It also shows the
solar system. the phases of the moon.
the revolutions Of the earth and the
zodiac, besides giving on it's seventeen
faces the correct time for Berlin.
Prague. Riga, Vienna, Cairo, Tifis.
Trieste, Rome, Munich, Berne, New
York, Geneva, Boston. Paris, Metz.
London and. on the large face in the
center, the time at the place where
the clock 10 located.
At the right of the principal works
there Is calendarium, at the left q
music box and at the front a globe
with Its various movements correctly
impaired BY . single piece of mechan-
ism attached to the clock. Above the
movement the second and minute
hands are placed. At the expiration
OF each minute an angel strikes q bell
whereupon the hands of each of the
seventeen faces simultaneously move
forward one minute. Tho expiration
OF the quarter hour is indicated by
the angel striking twice. In tho
course OF each hour the ages of man
are represented. At the end Of the
first quarter . child appears, 1t the
second . youth. at the third q man
in the prime Of life and at the fourth
an aged grandsire. The hour Il
struck by q figure of Death. by whose !
side stands an angel, who mods at
Death not to strike 1t the
appearance of the first three
figures, but suffers him to hit
the bell when the old man appears
on the scene. At the left OF tho
clock, on shelf on its side, stands
Christ surrounded by the twelve
apostles. At the time when death
strikes the hour the twelve bow b.
fore the Master, who goes through
the act of blessing them BY bowling
his head and raising his hands. At
o'clock. both morning and evening,
= sexton rings . bell and the figures
Of three monks appear and 90 into .
tiny church for prayer; as they dis
appear through the door choral
music is played. At 10 in the even
ing a night Waterman appears and
blows his horn hourly for the next
Tour hours, or until 2 .. M; at
> cock crows from . window in the
upper left hand corner of the clock.
At IL O'Clock, both noon and midnight,
The music box plays for five minutes,
md at IL midnight the calendar
changes. the following day and date
and at the end Of the
month. whether it be one of 80 or 81
lays. the name Of the next month ap-
bears in the slot. Not even the leap
'ears are forgotten. At the upper
eft hand corner. near the growing
locks window. is representation OF
he revolution Of the sun around the
'arth and q correct calendar of the
easohs. On the other side the moon
S represented going through her va
ious phases.
Each season is represented symbol.
cslly; March Fl spring appears as .
maiden with wreaths of flowers, .
hid accompanying her; June '21 she
ppears with q shsaf Of wheat. the
hid carrying the sickle; September
i. both carry fruits; on December
! the maiden is sitting at q spinning
1heel and the child is playing with .
pindle. On December Is . lovely
scene in the chapel is pre-.
ented. the music box playing appro.
riate tones. On December 81 at II
clock. q trumpeter appears and
lays q solo, accompanied by an in
isible orchestra. This indicates
he beginning Of the new year, and
uring the musical treat all the num-
ers change. so that everything il
lady for the beginning of another
1cle Of time.
II Not, Why Not?
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