The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-04
TlN CLOCKS Og NAVY WAIS
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s.v. .-.r h. -fprts crowned ~ the COM
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-a-sahl~ t.rn~pi~css ever -"-n ~ America.
IN = tho maker has combined fhe artistic
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as@s with the accuracy 81 ~" twentis'h
rsusury man 81 SCIENCE
Rohacsks clock. made up - more
ian ~ thousand parts, two stories
hgN ~ weights are ~ heavy that two
vnilas-ss must he employed 80 wind
them no. II - = very elaborate affair
a,og-tnsr AMI vet every part has a specific
-~asrn for beng !, hss Ave diala. The
49, - the-~ - that 81 the ordinary clock
merely for telling the time " day.
ne second also - for that purpose.
are twenty foar. =o7na~hat in the style
- the old me hand Italian clocks. IN
the next dal the day of The week. the day
Z the month and thu month q th., wear
sr- Indicated bv three series e numbers
sri thr~a hands. The fourth dial. sN
'~a' IN diameter. represents the solar
sv>'an. With the s'in in the C-ntr" and the
var"p= planets revolving about. These
celestial ho.iieS travel IN exact accord
S'h 'h~ real solar system it~eif
TIE ffth and last dial marks TIME. VA
exact. W practically exact. harmony with
ne laws q astronomy A every one
sn1v- the ypa- conSi~ts - 3s5 DAYS S
.0U-s ~ minutes a. seconds Zach
11ntn. thirteen IN number. has therefore
. favs and each day consists 20 = hours
~'nI'rs 81 seconds On Bphacek' =
'n"E q second. A. measured hv ordinary
looks = no3II27j ~ second longer
Tbs = not precisely ght. Icing ia a day
'i-loI Of a second slow a shRht dis
crerAnrv. all things conssdared
Ihi- clock has many other remarkable
features his. No those already i-en' irred
her" are figures nat represent yarloIs
rEariz in American history. There ar
srIr~a for all thR Presidents - me United
states and one held in reserve These
arIres appear a; appropriate moments
This remarkable timeplec" has many
other extraordinary features which lack
4 space will not permit 20 D" ,nron icl..d
here.
Another Bohemian. Joseph Bayer. a
glass cutter by trade. resident IN the coun
t-y ~ his birth. has employed glass as a
reilum for building a clock. With tho
sroep tiop % the spring every portion
= - crystal glass The three hands
hour. minute and second as ~ell a. the
apparatus for striking are all ~ glass
he clock n sixteen inches high
Al Italian. Sirio Tiburzi of Fabriann
Italy. has tried his hand az clock made
soielv 81 wicker work and poplar twiRu
he dial. cord and weights are 81 wicker
, work. the remaining parts are ~ both
uioker work and poplar twips. The
1echanism - similar 10 that of tower
e'n~k with the exception ~ tho strikin Z
parts. with which " - not equipped. II
gAnds 81 ght feet Ugh and will nun twenty
seven hours with one winding
Anofher nationality and another sort
n iimepiece are represented by a straw
cocs ~ German shoemaker. II il
t'nlt wholly ~ this ore material. ~ which
several thousand piec~s were used ia
he construction. There are eight p~n
1vlums. The mechanism l. wound M
y the pressing 81 a button. when IL will
I'm for Ave hours. The hands are set
~ means - another button No spring
i sod. The weight 81 this ingenious
~ N craftsmanship IL seven ounces.
TIE Hower clock while not - novel
some others, - still a very interesting
~" ~ m" unusual clock. The single
t0ral '.n". n which England can boast
'~gan 'n IN in the summer 81 1907 and
Va --ar'..i Nv the Mayoev-s 81 Bird
.1c'"r. "ra'" II il located. Ten thou
sa' S i.m'- make up the dial. which il
iN"i'' ''-' .'ameter. set ia a circular
cot r..'r". ..a' wide The dial mum
'"r- -" .'-.- nd the fifths Of minutes
az marcel - each by a different KIND
- plant
clock in a f0ttle IL the unusual device
~ 4 6~rrnar matchmaker. n. RosIn Of
''rrnfner. near Magdeburg The maker
TOOK a strong movement with a cylinder
'~0Ap"fn"nt assuring f0rty-fiys mill
iA-Ter' % - 'n"he-J in diameter and began
~ saving the plate INTO halves The
'ierHR = the neck measures fifteen
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