A REMARKABLE CLOCK.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 53, 22 June 1876, Page 3

A REMARKABLE CLOCK.

lii, Worshipful ('ompany <■>£ t'loekmaker* [1 just. printed. a catalogue of hook.s, ni.ai.nt* ,t.t/piiiiitiu:r*. and prints relating to f"»r»-tir-ether vvifcti Che collection of aaeieat wafclu-s. ami wateliworfc* prwwrvwt ici'r til>i*:iry ami museum. These are notvutited in klu't! uiliL Fret? liihrwy. Ttu> compiled l)V Mr. * ft. Overall, a ilafciou for ijlio bibliography au<t Uor»nnm; tin 1 prints is era-' representing ft (ixtiwi'iliiiaiy efook. the pewlnction of j of Fwter. Et took thirty* yours fc» twnploto fcho work ; he tlitsst in Tin.' movements are : First—A uu>v ing iTtiiin., ilcseriptive of day ami night; »tay »iH!si!iiti;il l>y Apollo in hi* car. drawn by sim'iti'il coursers, accompanied by the ii/ hours; ami E>iaua in her car. H l.y stag;, attended by the twelve represents night. SeCOillt—" l«» li»nn-rt in f-Coman eostntuo, who turn Ii,::m !.j ami salute with their swords i! panorama revolves, and moves in thy in,'inner while the bells are ringing. I- A perpetual aliii'iaae, showing the if blu: mouth on semi-cireutar plate. the ; returning to the first day of every It, without alteration even iu teap*year. ntwl only once hi yw'.ts. Fourth—(•lc. the index of which shows the day c week, with it.-! appropriate planet. -A perpetnat almanac,. showing the of the Mien'Ji, an'i thy equation ot time. ~ A «iw' • ■l'owing'a feap*year. the in* ruvoiviii v >in four years, ilih—A t ' i' ; strike the hour hiiiH's I; 1 •••-. fcluj face of whkh whole '"■ {■.' • fotir hoary acei ami r ; ; :uu this circle the s! seen " " with the time of and ' horizon reeeilmg i'linei. i !! •ngtue.noe shorten, innler in »«., noon, showing tier ant i|iwrters, phases,, etc, etc* Kight—female figures, hub on each side of the late, representing Fame ami Terpsichore-, move m time when tfi-J organ plays.. I A movement regulating the clock as later to strike or hy silent, Tenth—li, tho god of' time, who I "'at' in time the oi-;au plays. Fteventh A circle 9 f.iee shows the names* of the tea cute* I uncient times playeit by the organ in trrior of Hie eahiiiet every foili; twxtrs. tli A hell'ry with six ringers, whi> ring try peal ad lihitinn. The interior of iirt of the eahinet is ornamented with ifnl puinfeiui/s, representing some ot the [ml iincient Imtlilings in the eity of r, 'lliirteeuth —('onneeteil with the then! is a l.irtl organ, Vv hieh pl'ayM when •fil.