A Clock Made of Glass.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 9 April 1913, Page 4

A Clock Made of Glass.

A clock constructed throughout oi' glass is the result of six year's work on tlie part of a Bavarian glass polisher. The plates ami pillars which form the framework are of glass, and are bolted together with glass screws. The dial plate, hands .shafts, and cog-wheels are of glass, and glass wedges and pins are used for fastening the various parts of the running gear together. Like thr> clock itse'f the key with which it is wound is made oi glass. The construction el the remarkable time-piece wr.a a matter of considerable pains. Some 01 the parts had in In* made ;\s irviv as forty limes before a clock that would go could be produced.