THE PERAMBULATOR, NO. II. 109 



lives in St. Andrew's Street, and naturally enough 

 keeps his chronometer by that of the Old Church ; he 

 finds the others both wrong. In the midst of the dispute, 

 the Guildhall clock strikes ; and the first observer 

 comes off triumphant ; but has hardly time to enjoy 

 his victory over his opponents, when the Old Church 

 bell begins and raises all the doubts afresh ; which are 

 confirmed by that of the New Church repeating after 

 a further pause, the same hour : and which of them is 

 right, or whether all are wrong, still remains a question 

 to be decided by the eclipses of Jupiter's satellites. 



There are, however, better hopes for the future ; and 

 every man who really wishes to keep his watch right 

 will have a regulator on which he may confidently rely. 



At the new Victualling Office, Devil's Point, the 



tovernment has been at an expense of 500 guineas, 

 >r an excellent clock ; which, being raised in a tower 

 built on purpose and having a dial six feet in diameter 

 on each of its four faces, will serve to regulate all the 

 time keepers in the vicinity. It will be the fault of the 

 clock keepers of our town, if henceforward, the Guild- 

 hall clock do not strike at the same time with those of 

 the Churches ; and when the law agrees with the 

 Gospel, we shall have full confidence that it is right. 



The construction of this clock, like that of most 

 really good things, is very simple ; the workmanship 

 most beautiful. The tooth work of the wheels ap- 

 proaches to perfection, every tooth bearing so exact a 

 resemblance to its neighbour, that there is not the 

 smallest point of difference on which to fix the eye ; 

 by once looking off, you can hardly discover the same 

 tooth again. The screw work is equally admirable ; 

 and if these were its only peculiarities, it would be well 

 worth the time of the curious in mechanism to inspect 

 it, (for which, of course, permission must be first ob- 

 tained.) 



The ropes are traced or woven, instead of being 

 twisted, and thus all tendency to rotation in the weights 

 is prevented, as well as kinks in the rope by changes 

 in the moisture of the atmosphere. 



