The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-19
What Clock Will Do.

AetL ltuI inches iiiSh- TOUR feet Tour
inches wide and twenty-nine inches
deep. One large dial gives the stand
ard time, while directly beneath il is
dial which shows the changes of the
moon and gives the government wealth
er indications for twenty-four hours IN
advance.
BY watching the clock one sees
handsome pictures Of the ships Of the
United States navy pass behind a
glass. The history Of Christ Is shown
from the nativity to the ascension by
pictures painted by the maker
An interesting feature Of the clock
is a miniature Niagara falls. with real
water the color of which appears 10
change. Just below is an electric
fountain and an arch which produce a
beautiful effect.
Flags appear on STATS in front of
the dial and indicate the kind Of
weather expected twenty-four hours in
advance. The weather reports are pro-
duced by a thermometer, barometer
hydromster spirit level and
compass arranged on the front Of the
clock.
Electrically Lighted.
The front Of the clock is lighted by
fifty small electric lights. thiTty-five of
which are arranged around the Maya
IA falls and electric arch. The history
Of the United States from the landing
of Columbus to the present time IS
shown by n.nety-six paintings attached
TO a ribbon los feet long. which is
moved by electricity.
when the clock strikes the hour the
figures Of Uncle Sam and the Goddess
of Liberty pass out of an electric ele-
vator on one side, down stairway.
around the base of the miniature cata-
ract and electric fountain TO the other
side, where they ascend another stair
way and enter another elevator.
"A minute after the hour strikes fifty
lights appear around the dial and a
musical attachment is brought into
play sending forth delightful airs. At
the half hour the cathedral gong
strikes once and the musical attach
ment Is started again.
An illuminated picture on one side
Of the dial shows Washington crossing
the Delaware with. his army. Three
boats are portrayed. with Washington
standing in the first one. This scene Is
repeated every hour and forty minutes.
"Other illuminated pictures. which
appear periodically. show the old bat
tleship Maine. both before and after
the exposition in Havana harbor.
Lords Prayer InIaid.
"Ou the back OF the clock is dis
played the Lord 5 prayer. iniaid with
312 pieces of wood. Pictures of Amer
lean poets musicians and the presI-
dents also appear on the back. All OF
these portraits are in motion and travel
at the rate Of twenty-five feet a min
ute Pictures Of Presidents Lincoln.
Garfield and Mckinley are shown. ana
at the hour of their death a light APP
pears on the face OF the clock. while
ph0nOgraph announces the occasion.
"The face of the clock contains
piece Of wood from every state and ter
rit0ry in the Union. inclIding the ISL
and possessions. and it took three
years for the maker of the clock to
collect them.
All the mechanism for running the
clock is in the base. and includes $40
feet or electric wire and Az electrical
connections The current is obtained
from an ordinary electric light connec-
ton.
The clock viii be set up in the man
drawing room of the hotel.