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nished plans for its completion in 1570. The brothers Isaac and Jo- 

 siah Habrecht executed the mechanical work ; and Tobias Stimmer 

 carved the wood casings and ornaments. The work was completed 

 in 1574, under the superintendency of David Wolkenstein. It stands 

 to-day — just as it has stood for over three hundred years — a very 

 elaborate piece of workmanship, thirty feet high and fifteen feet wide 



THE FAMOUS ASTRONOMICAL CLOCK. 

 Fig. 2.— The Famous Astronomical Clock, Strasburg. 



at the base. On one side is a flight of winding stairs surmounted by 

 five emblematical Corinthian columns. On the other side is a Gothic 

 pillar, the panels of which are filled with paintings of human figures. 

 In front of the base a large globe shows the equinoxes and the posi- 

 tions of the sun and moon. Another arrangement in the base shows 

 the movements of the several planets. A calendar, also, shows what 



