AN INTELLIGENT WATCH.
Mark Twain was shown a watch at a jewellers in Newhaven, Conn., and he thus describes it: — “ I have examined the wonderfulwatch made by M. Matile, and it comes nearer to a human being than any piece of machinery I ever saw before. It knows the movements of the moon, and tells the day of the week and month, and will do this perpetually; it tells the hour of the day, the minute, and the second, and it splits the seconds up into fifths, and marks the divisions by stop hands ; Having two stop hands it can take care of the two race-horses that start one after the other ;Jit is a repeater, wherein the voter is suggested again. It cyphers to admiration. I should think one could add another wheel, and make it read and write ; still another, and make it talk ; and I think one might take out several of the wheels that are already in it and it would still be a more intelligent citizen than some that help to govern the country. On the whole, I think it is entitled to vote —that is, if its sex is of the right kind.”
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2767, 4 February 1882, Page 2
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199AN INTELLIGENT WATCH. South Canterbury Times, Issue 2767, 4 February 1882, Page 2
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