A WONDERFUL CLOCK.
A 1-rge cock jut completed In Germany by Christian Martin Is said to surpass m wouderfal construction all previous achievements. It is designed to show thj sooonds, minutes, quarter hours, hours, dayß, weeks, months, the four seasons, the year, a^d leap years uatil the close of 99,999 A.D, It gives Indications for every latitude, and records the successive phases of the moon. It not only strikes the quarters and hours, bat the inino^js as well, sixty different oymbblio fi^uron performing ibe work.. A night watchman blo*ra the hour of the night on his horn, a cock crows at sun rise, and a ouckoo app. a a m Spring. Thore are nn.via^ pictures, a ball-ringinz sacristan who kneels and folds his batds, aod flute-toned musical works, besides other interesting features.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1594, 27 June 1887, Page 3
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132A WONDERFUL CLOCK. Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1594, 27 June 1887, Page 3
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