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THE WORLD'S ADVANCE 



THREE-CENTURY OLD CLOCK 

 KEEPS PERFECT TIME 



After ticking its way through the ages 

 from the seventeenth century, an unusual 

 clock, imported recently from England 

 to the United States by a native of Los 

 Angeles, California, is still counting out 

 the seconds and tallying off the seasons. 

 This specimen, which is eight feet in 

 height and two feet wide, is made of 

 mahogany and has a large solid 

 brass dial. The dial contains 

 characters for the twenty- four 

 hour day, with the twelve signs 

 of the Zodiac. The yearly cal- 

 endar, indicated daily, is also a 

 feature. The movements of the 

 sun and moon are depicted, each 

 in its proper position. Daily the 

 sun passes over an oil painting 

 representing the sky, every 

 movement being in perfect time. 

 The various seasons of the year 

 are designated and the rising 

 and setting of the sun and moon 



Although More than Two Hundred Years Old, 

 Clock is a Marvel of Mechanical Ingenuity. 



during these changing periods may also 

 be seen. 



This unusual, mammoth timepiece 

 shows the entire solar system, including 

 Venus, Mercury, Mars, Earth, Saturn 

 and Jupiter, each of these planets carry- 

 ing its allotted moons and revolving 

 around the sun. A novel feature is the 

 comet which may be seen starting from 

 the side of the dial, passing around the 

 sun, thence back again to the side of the 

 dial. The clock con- 

 tains also a series of 

 bells. At the close of 

 each hour this queer 

 orchestra plays a selec- 

 tion which was popular 

 when the Stuarts were 

 reigning in England. 

 There are two ancient- 

 shaped figures on the 

 face of the dial which go 

 to prove the antiquity of 

 the clock. One of these 

 is holding a telescope 

 pointed to the dial rep- 

 resenting the universe, 

 while the other automat- 

 ically beats time to the 

 tunes played on the 

 chimes. The name of 

 Eva Falmouth is in- 

 scribed on the dial. 



In order to perform 

 the various functions 

 already mentioned, the 

 mechanism of this clock 

 must necessarily be quite 

 complicated. And so it 

 is, and no little ingenu- 

 ity has been displayed in 

 the making and assembling of the 

 different parts. This clock, together 

 with other clocks and watches of 

 that period, proves that watchmaking 

 is by no means an art that dates but 

 a few years back. 



A new design of third rail, for 

 which safety is the main claim, is 

 the subject of a recent patent. The 

 rail is so constructed that its various 

 sections or units do not carry current 

 until the train is just about to make 

 use of them. 



