The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-04-04
fMs MOST WONDERFUL.


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Before Constructed
Adolphus Hansel and Augustus
Noll, two Black Forest Germany
olOckmakers. have finished the most
wonderful of all clocks, al astro-
nomical and Theological oddly that
throws all previous efforts '.in the
shade" according to the St. Louis
Republic. It shows the seconds and
strikes the hours. quarters and min
{ utes, besides giving a calendar of
days, weeks. months and years up to
the year 10000. 1t also shows the
solar system, the phases of the moon.
the revolutions of the earth and the
zodiac, besides giving on its seventeen
faces the correct time for Berlin,
Prague, Riga, Vienna, Cairo. Tifiis,
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 is located.
At the right of the principal works
there is a calendarium. at the left a
music box and at the front 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 bell
: whereupon the hands of each of the
seventeen faces simultaneously move
forward one minute. The expiration
OF the quarter hour is indicated by
the angel striking twice. In the
course of each hour the ages Of man
are represented. At the end of the
first quarter child appears. at the
second a youth, at the thirda man
in the prime of life and at the fourth
an aged grandsire. The hour is
stYuck by figure of Death. by whose
size stands an angel. who mods at
D4ath not to strike at the
appearance of the first three
lures, but suffers him to hit
he bell when the old man appears
On the scene. At the left of the
clock, on a shelf on its side. stands
Christ surrounded by the twelve
apostles. At the time when death
strikes the hour the twelve bow be-
fore the Master. who goes through
the act of blessing them by bowling
, his head and raising his hands. At
s o'clock, both morning and evening.
= sexton rings bell and the figures
of three monks appear and go 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
four hours, or until 2 a. m; at 8
. cock crows from a window in the
upper left hand corner Of the clock.
At IL o'clock, both noon and midnight,
the music box plays for Ave minutes,
I~and At 12 midnight the calendar
changes. the following day and date
appearing, and at the end Of the
month, whether it be one Of 80 or 81
days, the name of the next month ap-
pears in the slot. Not even the leap
years are forgotten. At the upper
left hand corner, near the growing
cocks window, is representation Of
the revolution OF the sun around the
earth and . correct calendar Of the
seasons. On the other side the moon
is represented going through her va
rious phases.
Each season is represented symbol
ieAlly; March II spring appears as q
maiden with wreaths of flowers, .
child accompanying her; June 81 she
appears with . shesf Of wheat. the
|, child carrying the sickle; September
81, both carry fruits; on December
] 81 the maiden is sitting at spinning
wheel and the child is playing with .
spindle. On December rs q lovely
Christmas scene in the chapel is pre-
sented, the music box playing appro-
pirate tones. On December 81 at IL
o'clock, q trumpeter appears and
plays Q solo, accompanied by an in
visible orchestra. This indicates
the beginning of the new year. and
during the musical treat all the num-
bers change, 50 that everything is
ready for the beginning of another
cycle of time