Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 252, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 November 1917 — 400-YEAR-OLD CLOCK STOPS [ARTICLE]

400-YEAR-OLD CLOCK STOPS

Famous Timepiece in Hampton Court Palace, London, Last Repaired in 1880. London. —The celebrated clock of Hampton court palace that was provided with a dial to give astronomical changes but never did so, has stopped once more. It is believed to have been constructed by a German way back in 1540, but as a matter of fact history falls to record the name of Its maker. The celebrated clockmaker Vulliamy reconstructed' it in 1799, but he gave up the astronomical dial portion on the ground that it never could have worked with the machinery provided, relegating that portion of the works to the store cupboard. A Croydon firm of clockmakers set the whole thing going again in 1880, and it has run satisfactorily until now. Workmen are busy getting up the scaffolding necessary to reach the dial, and after a thorough cleaning-and certain repairs to the dial it is expected to run for another quarter of a century with little attentions from time to time.