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TLJfTS. SATURDAY. FEBBITION.ict thut n a*n. Ib. to vill un-i good i that up such1 und orated ©sides, ain vi-a, hen shell. 9 yolk.[ these e food stitute theset they,f theli loganlwji Clock.TUB RESULT OF FIVE YEARS LEISURE.s. All energy bunn-nt oflaying aths of in con*gives I every it man-•der tos are they fruits, ms «»l matter lt;food forestshens, e HoCk ulucive it pos-rcll-fed Hocks ‘nougli ‘ most indeed, i notlarge ch the i form- ;temps, I f'H.d.tf».rand i »rming attains ■r oil.1 ••ntage t the1but□eces-IEa than should or king profit-and neegs-o beMr. T. B. Forster has favoured the •'Rockhampton Bulletin, with the following extract from the Newcastle (England) Daily Journal. describing an ingenious astronomical and musical clock, made by his uncle. Mr. William Murray, of Roth bury, Northumberland Wo have Just had the pleasure of inspecting a most Interesting astronomical and musical dock, now on view at the shop of Mr. William Murray. clock and watch maker, Roth-bury. Tbs clock, in its way. is quite a unique specimen of the art of horology. and displays no small amount of talent nnd ingenuity on the part of Mr. Murray, who. for the last five years, has spent most of his leisure hours In its construction. Besides performing the duties of an ordinary clock, it shows the apparent daily motions of the sun. moon and stars, with,the times or their rising, southing. nnd setting, the position of thu sun and moon in the ecliptic, and the age and phases of the moon for every day in the year. It has a 15-ln. arch dial ; the twelve hour centre circle showd the days anld month, hours and minutes, the months living so arranged that they correspond with the chapters «n the dial, .January being opposite I. and December to XII. The arch is divided into twenty-four hours, with degrees, and! contains the signs of Zodiac and the time of high and low water at Tymemouth. The musical part of the clock consists of a small barrel organ of twenty-four reeds, which plays six tunes, and a chira© of twenty-one bells, which can also chimr a simple well-known air. It has u quarter chime on eight bells, with proper quarter chime,, or it will pla.v the air. or chime the full ten quarters at each quarter. The musical arrangements can lie set to playn r ony hour, or nt pleasure. The following is H curious feature in (be mechanism of tha clock : Jn the centre of the raso. immediately beneath the dial, is n figure, supposed to represent our Lord ; on each side of the figure is u small door opening Into the l-ody of the case, and three Iimos n day. while the organ pln.Vs three tunes, one of the small doors open and twelve figures, representing the twelve Apostles, appear and march in procession—St. Pelor at their head—nnd each in turn as it ivisses hows with it« head towards the figure of our Lord, and then, resuming its former position. move* slowly forward (ill it reaches the door on the left, through which each fieure disappears. The figure rei«rr-seniine Juda* Iscariot comes last, nnd is made to pass with its back to the figure of our Ix*rd—one hand shielding the face nnd the other grasping n hag. Each corner of the pretty dial contains a good represent tion of the seasons The principal parts of the mechnnism on the clock is CSra-h,nil's dead bent, centre seconds, gridiron pendulum. The works ore enclosed in n maSsive mahogany rase, and anyone who take? on interest in delicate and intricate irtechanism will be well pleased with n visit to this ingenious and curious clock.CJose pea red Brisba fore I Meaart strong charge stolen ridgoe 10/-. Co. t inal Ii ted, ai fendedSunii that t about parceled bytivee t ed saw back.The said Li of his had hi phia h pain, to the try to takingLieu pose, got i| canno A CO Somei so met The ha vint bottle propei To th Seni that t shop The him n and itTha engine anntb' port t The staten suppoi in !9t rnent ten ce I.ieu very- .* ore ai whichgets h tcnced month have i habit.Serg cal nt The was ci inflirtfh GeTill-BEAUTYDu rin t ions a I bore v soiiulii* proud i other «] guibhed siuu wi old per Mulles.“Dully slight i
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Gympie Times and Mary River Mining Gazette
Gympie, Queensland, AU
Sat, Feb 06, 1909
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