The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-21
PEIoNoGRAPH CLOCK

are almost In contact with the cardboard
dial. AS they move around they carry
the indices with them.
PHoNoGRAPH CLOCK.
Quite the newest thing in timepieces
in a somewhat metallic, but clear and
distinct voice. 1t is, of course, an 1n-
genious combination Of the clock and the
talking machine, the latter acting by
means of simple connection with the
works above. Inquiries of those in the
trade show that already number or
orders have been received for clocks OF
that kind which, so far, have been de-
signed for advertising purposes
For the use of the private individual
the talking clock might be employed with
considerable effect as morning call. If
a man wanted to be awakened at, say,
7 o'clock, all he would have to do would
be to fix the attachment at that hour.
wind I'D the talking machine, and retlre
TO rest with every confidence or some
thing haDpening. So far, orders for
private houses have not been extensive
but the general opinion among the meiu,
bers of the trade Is that the cuckoo anu
the trumpeter and the piccolo SOLO VIII
soon give way to clock that VIII alouse
+he sleepy servant with something ike
This ranidly repeated: Nov, then, nus
tie around and get that fire under way.
There was recently put on eXhlpitloii
a system of electricity applied to CLOCKS
which bids fair to reVolutlonlZe the oluer
fashioned time pieces. In point OF facl'
r,itl, one single clock as the master CLOCK,
the exhibitor proposes to reproduce me
exact time upon any number OF what ne
calls electric secondary dlals. four u
these secondary dials were put upon eA,
hibition, all working in unison connected
bv wires with the master clock. The sys-
Tenn Il is claimed can be indefinitely eX'
tended Three of the secondary dlals
look like ordinary clocks, but In one ol
them the deus eX machlna is apparent
IT shows a very simple mechanism cor.
sistine Of two magnets, @ poslllVe anu {.
NEGATIVE. and a drawing shaft connecteo
wifi, q cog wheel, which moves the hsillus'
The magnets are connected by wires wiz
q master clock The electrlclty Is s.
Grated by batteries, and Is colluuSeeo
through the coils of the magnets wne al-
ever, the second hand Of the master cioch
10 ar the noint of sixty seconds. men
tho electricity is automatically smut OIL
,,ri;l the second hand of the MASTER clooa
hoe again performed it's revolution anu
10 NJ the sixty-second point aga.i.
Tbroueh the magnets the eleelliIlts
LIE unon the drawing shaft, WAlcn,
thTo,ob the cog wheel, moves the ha r"''
~ The secondary dial just minute ~
ward There Is no other mach,lielS 800
nected with the secondary ola,' s;,,nIe
II &c almost Impossible lor .ne "a ae
- niam to get out of order an" %
hleCHa tho master clock is correct, an
ions aa clocks will be without
error.
MADE IN CHINA.
nln
oo,,ntrv is one now in the posssssio Wa or
n Moore, master mechanic VI - c,,,.ie,Is.
w., Railway company It's 81 1.' -
lily - +hef the observer is tenpt5u ~
III 20 ~ 20 not a clock at all, put nie-
1,s,,ica1 hour glass. However, II
erantI,ine resembling clock mecnai,'Slli '
gu WAS once used for telling UNI ~
60 60 tts claims to being called cloch e"li
ardlv he disputed. But 1t Is cer'ainiS o.
unusual umeplece' .,,,,,, ne chinese
The clock is unquestlonaply VI ~;
~, Tananese workmanship, thousn a -
naee friend of Mr.. Moore says suci oto ~
are as rare in China or Japan as ~ -
oourtrv Mr.. Moore found 1t IN JUN ,L
49, % far gone into decay that us
o-;a;naI form and mission could scarceiy
=. Told and devoted his leisure moments
for weeks restoring 1t. -,
The clock is made of Mahogany ~ ~
cinally. and is not over ffteen inches io li.e
Qua two and one-half inches square. AZ tlie
ta[ shore Is little glass case four lnehes
long where one would ordinarily eApeo'
tho face to be. There Is no race 'iiei g
however. or at least no time-teiilils lace
Instead there is. representation III u 80
of lar full of flowers, which supports
on.i conceals the works behind. The
face If there is such thing on the CLOCK,
extends all down the front, the noul
marks being placed one below the other.
small brass pointer moves up ana down
n7st these hour marks. The pointer is at
tached TO a lead weight, which is raised
IN fine top of the marks, and then grad
ually drops to the bottom, moving past
a mark each hour.
OF course, the clock must De Wouhu
again at once when the weight "eacnes
hottom or else time will De lost in the
record This is just the same necessity
nc exists in turning an hourglass when
the last Of the sand runs down. only
twelve marks are on the front OF
tho clock. so each twelve hours the CLOCK
must be rewound, just on the minute, IN
order to insure keeping even approximate
time. The little hour marks are curious
half-English and half-Chinse characters,
running from one to six twice over. "A
cross serves for the figure four
comparatively modern looking, though
clock mechanism is of all dates and ma
tions. They consist of a little drum on
which a catgut attached to the lead
weight is wound, an escapement and Two
or three wheels The clock has been In
duced to run, though it is far from keep
ing accurate time as yet. 1t is believed
that the clock was made in China many
wears ago, and probably brought to this
country by an immigrant as portion OF
his household effects.
OLDEST OF CLOCKS.
The oldest public timepiece in the world
ie the great clock in Rouen, France,
which has held its place in that city for
510 years, and is the pride of its citizens.
Placed in 1889, 1t has been running with
out interruption from that day to this,
recurring nothing except cleaning and
few trihing repairs of its accessory parts.
The great clock had so accustomed the
citizens to look upon it's exactitude as a
matter of course that when, in 1872, the
breaking of wire prevented its sound
ing o'clock one morning, the population
was in a state of CONSERVATION. The
magistrate summoned the custodian and
demonstrated gravely with him. Until
1712 the clock had no pendulum. For 32s
years it had no other regulator than a
"foliot," an apparatus unknown to the
majority Of modern clock makers. The
pendulum in clock work was introduced
in 1859, but so well satisfied were the peo-
pie of Rouen with the time-keeping quail
ties Of their famous old clock that fifty
three years were allowed to pass before
a pendulum was substituted for "foliot."
Equipped with this better apparatus, II
has continued to this day to strike the
hours and chime the quarters.
pEMApYApTE s1rRcEpy