CONVICT’S WONDERFUL CLOCK
AN ALL-WOOD INSTRUMENT Joseph Paskar, a convict who recently finished a term of 20 years’ imprisonment at Budapest, has constructed a remarkable clock, which goes without human supervision, and in which every part, to the minutest wheel, is constructed of wood. The clock, which is built into a cupboard, contains 30 different watches, which show simultaneously the correct time in the 30 largest cities in the world. Besides these, a special watch shows the movement of the sun, moon, and stars, and a barometer predicts the weather. A calendar marks the passing of the days, weeks, and months, unaided, successfully overcoming the irregularities of leap year; and a weighing machine completes the mechanism. *
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/SUNAK19291005.2.200.7
Bibliographic details
Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 786, 5 October 1929, Page 23
Word Count
116CONVICT’S WONDERFUL CLOCK Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 786, 5 October 1929, Page 23
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Sun (Auckland). You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in