The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-11-06
4 CLOCKS ELABORATE MECHAN-
ISM.

After working ten hours day FOL
three and one-half years, most of which
time his right arm was useless because
of an accident Marvin Shearer has per-
fected what is probably the most inter-
esting electric clock in the world
Mr.. shearer is a scenic artist. Foul
years ago he began planning the clock
and to-day he was able to announce Y
his friends that he had finished it. He
was greatly handicapped in his work
and the obstacles he surmounted would
have discouraged most men.
Some time ago Mr.. Shearer was paint
ing at factory, where he was caught
in line shafting and injured so badly
that he lay in the city hospital i've
weeks semi-conscious. While con-
valescing he planned many details Of
the clock, and after leaving the instiu-
ton worked upon it. His hand was
almost useless, but he was assisted by
his wife.
The clock is called the Electric Won.
der" 1t is IL feet inches high,
feet, A inches wide, and 20 inches deep
and weighs $50 pounds. One large dial
gives standard time, while, directly
under 1t is a dial which shows the
changes of the moon and gives the
Government weather report twenty
four hours in advance.
BY watching the clock one can see
handsome pictures of the ships in tht
United States navy pass behind a glass
The ships are arranged according II
their speed, and the effect is pleasing
The history of Christ is shown from
the nativity to the ascension--the las
supper, betrayal, crueifixion, the resurl
rection, and ascension, by pictures
painted by the inventor and illuminat.
ed. ~
One of the most interesting features
OF the clock is a miniature Niagara
Falls, with real water tumbling down
the color of which appears to change
Just below the cataract is an electric
fountain and an arch, arranged to pro
duce a beautiful effect. is
Flags appear on staff near the
centre, and in front Of the dial, and in
dictate the kind of weather expected
twenty-feur hours in advance. The in
depreciation of the flag appears on th'
calendar dial simultaneously with tn,
appearance of the flag. The weathe
reports are producted by thermometer
| a hydrometer, a spirit level, and com
pass.
| The history of the United States
from the landing of Columbus to tn
present time is shown by ninety-si,
paintings, which are attached to a rib
| bon 10S feet long, and moved by cleo
tricity.
When the clock strikes the hour TIL
| figures of Uncle Sam and the Goodies
| of liberty pass out of an electric ele
vator on one side Of the miniatur
Niagara Falls, walk through a gate
down a stairway, around the base o
the cataract and the electric fountain
| to the opposite side. Here they ascen
another stairway and enter another ele
vator. These figures appear to be O
flesh and blood, and walk without be
! ing attached to any wires. -,
/ The battleshiD Maine also appears il
| three pictures. One shows her il
| Havana harbor before the explosion
/ which wrecked her. one the explosion
scene, and the other the wreck after tn
| explosion.
On the back of the clock the Lord
| Prayer is given, inlaid with 312 piece
| Of wood. The portraits of American
poets, musicians, and all the President
also appear on the back. The portrait
are all in motion. and travel at tn
rate of twenty-five feet minute.
Pictures of the martyred Presidents
Lincoln, Garfield, and Mckinley, ar
exhibited, and at the hour of death o
each the lights illuminate the face TO
| five minutes, and monograph give
the inaugural address of the dea
statesman and plays the must
rendered at the funeral.
The base Of the clock contains all tn
| electrical appliances, which are self
winding. There are $40 feet of electri
wire used, in it's construction and 8
feet of pipes to provide water for tn
falls. There are also Az electrical con
nections.
The Electric Wonder has use
full features. During the summer it cal
be arranged to operate an electric far
and in the winter months it can b
fixed to light & gas stove. There
also burglar-alarm attachment, whicl
will show the number of the door o
window being entered, besides illu
minating the room and soundin
alarms. eight in nunber.-Akron Dis
patch to PHILADELPHIA North American