Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-01
Famous Engineers Have Been Enthusiasts in Time Record

AS some one has said. this fellow
was The first striking clock In their
development none of these water
clocks indicated time 10y "A dial or
hands, but by some ingenious method
Of striking gong~~and We still have
our con2S
But how about skating time? Water
clocks would not work In frosty
weather. So mans ingenuity HIT upon
the sand glass. which has survived In
your morning 3-minute egg timer. p"
The Chinese, for long time. kept
UP the idea Of the cavencn, tying n
Knot al equal distances In q length ~
rope. But they applied The gong idea
10 Indicate the slow burning between
the knots. King Alfred the Great had
the idea II FIRE. and used candles u
inches high with notche~ | inch apart
which thus registered the passing Of
time, One of his candles would burn
four hours. But a hit of wind would
change the rate of burning so "A pro.
lection MAS dcyised~a case of thin.
srrap~d horn. called. In old English.
'tan,hnrn." from which we eel our
word lantern
BIt the "iick.,!ck" which holds the
attention Of , baby with watch at
Is ear is only the beginning II IN"
universal desire 10 "4ee the wheels
go round. And the time came when
wheels were applied 10 tim"keeping
The first clock IS accredited u i'aciti,
ctir. archdca"on "f Verona. who died
in a -. St3 but the records are IN.
conclusive History tells az several
clocks between 1888 and 1876. Eut
WIN, is said to have been the first ieni
clock "ith wheels and weights. mad"
by Peter iighifoot a monk Of Gian-
1 .ts..At l..s ~.
South kensineton Museum. London
and Is stiil III running condition.
In NOR" aiden day. ii Who'll. town
~as regulated by one clock, with puh
IL tinckeepsfR IA announce the hours
HOW many pTorie. II they saw a
intp" ehandrier swinging would
think anything moro about it? ilut
on" day Gaileo put hir finger on his
pulse. Whi"h he knew beat with ftPu-
lnfltY. aud, wntchihR the swing nf "a
cha hdeiier set IN mniiuu, noted that II
continued To- pass given point a.
| equal intervals regardless df The short
snInE Of the ares. Although the
~ ih ipie az The pendulum whh thur
discovered Ia 1854. II war nearly u
hundred years later that II WAS ap
Itii'h ~ tiMhss
Invention does not stop. Ia time
rhtue the portable clock ut watch
| The FIRST Wan ,undc rs Peter iieinIein
IA tnang rlocLaInitH ut %ufunburE.
tdrnaHp.
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haif tooi hjkh ana shaped Hike a
III itn hud had IL coil sptin4. Ifrtatisr
81 III. rinihiinr farm az su.ne III .itrae
carrier watches they kern Gated Nj
frulbrrE eKga. Iiuittp 900 ltrpe fn
/ the tocktt. NY Wrf" frequently hung
ftnfh Tie gitdie
Aot many roads 80 straight ~ u
! mountain side. Tlete have ueeH some
/ ziazas advances from that clumsy.
| be1b$ nairh 80 lie modrfn watch.
! anin" of which are knaitar ihaH 4 guar
! tef Of u dollar IA frW have nfrn made
/ the Eile Ut II loeeni rlee"l and give
! Eon not only the itnie at daN, itui ~
s0tno instances viii "scord stfonhIti
hhj hud ntbef data
! II requires hiA ntoniiis ~ Il Near ~
| tninp'"t" a iiiph grade watch '.'l.r ntr
dtUntf watch iaa from 80 ~ 1Uu peta.
! rate parts. mhith inatiit" iratn ! 500
10 600 operations. There, are aseh ia
| ~ tt@pis 80 small that more ihaH
| ~ 900 VIII nli al ordinary Teaspoon,
AID h.tHNs SO stnuii thai almost $50 nbU
| bDttls t'ulpsa you l0plt al lnrm
through u na@nifsina llua snli cam al
ielt sies are sefeHW 0ns nnnnd