Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-09-04
QUEER TIMEX llEpERS
EFFORTS OF MAXINE TO. ESCAPE
WINDING CLOCKS.

The Feat Actually Accnnptt he'd in Ger
many i"rk. i.at Run Ia Lonl; Time
Oliver Cromwell Clock-.A watch Tint
Required y" :ndt,s b, us Owner.
Long before the Christian era water
CLOCKS We're in use. lhey were followed
by the sun dials About the eleventh
century clocks moved by Weights and
"heels began to be used in the mon
aSterleS OF England. In l2SG the first
or the wheel clocks publicly seen in
England was paced in 81, Paul, Cattle
dral. In 1875. when the present st.
Pauis was begun. 4 project was on
1901 10 make clock tor the cathedral
mat should 90 100 years without wind
ing up and cost $4,000. The plan was
not carried out. The clock made cost
800 and ran for eight days. 1t was
considered Il great wonder
1t is said that the first pendulum
CLOCKS were made in England about
lt222. Oliver Cromwell owned one of
them Through the !ickleness of for
tune i: has since found its way to the
Philadelphia Library. which boasts its
possession as the oldest clock in Amer
lea. Another of these early pendulum
clocks was made in Germany in 1910.
and was recently taken for repairs to
a clockmakcr in Hartford. Conn. He
found that ii was wound by means of
an endless chain and would go for six
months without stopping
In the London Times in February.
1877. an advertisement appeared of the
sale Of valuable and curious clock
for geo. Ii WAS warranted To 90 for
twelve months without winding The
advertisement stated further that only
three such clocks had ever been made;
that che was 1T Hampton Court, one
in 4 Eub!emaIl'S fa.n.!y. mni one at Tie
advertisers VIVA, fate hefcll The two
latter is not kaowa, bat the one il
Hampton Court is still shown as a
great curiosity. II is in the bedroom
of William III. The guard that shows
the clock always :.lavcly remarks that
surely it is . very great Improvement
on the old Westminster clock whose
keeper spends two hours arduous labor
every week i'll winding it up.
i he atmospheric clock. which is a
sort Of pcrpetua! hour glass. is one OF
the inventions that goes OF itself In
appearance il is like a long lhermome-
ter with the bulb OF me!cUry at the
bottom. The glass t;!ha is about three
eighths or an inch in diameter ard Sc
cured to the frame by two bands
through which it passes easily The
divisions of time are marked on each
side of the tube Inside the glass tube
is smaller tube shaped very much as
an ho!r glass. Some mercury and q
scrap of blnttins paper for the purpose
Of taking up any moisture that might
gather III the tube are placed at each
end. The mercury in the top end OF
the tubs. is placed opposite the mark Of
the proper time and ii falls to the bot
tom Of the tube exactly rs the time
passes. When it has lun or, from the
top the frame can he turned and the
mercury set To he time on the other
side So il registers the seconds and
hours Ql!tc rs accurately as any other
timepiece. hut there is the turning Of
the frame To be. though! of. Il task as
irksome as thar OF Winding a clock.
4 windmill clock. the idea Of which
originated in Germany, illustrates a
unique way OF winding without hand
labor. In so;no spacious chimney
where there is always a good current of
air windmlil wheel is placed BY aid
OF the Coz; nllcr.5 the circular move
nlent is Ehen passed down the chimney
and attached To the winding apparatus
OF the clock that stands on ;he nan,el
shelf. This is; k"owm as nn1, of the