Rensselaer Gazette, Volume 2, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 December 1858 — Clock of Many Nations. [ARTICLE]

Clock of Many Nations.

A clock to which the above title may be not in appropriately applied stands in the doorway of Mr. WiHiani D ivis, ol eight - on Kinge William street, London, watch and clockmaker, and attracts a considerable ainoiint of attention. It is, we believe, without its fellow in the world, and is a splendid specimen of workmanship. Its, bight, we should judge, is about ten feet, and its upper half contains no less than twelve dials, all working Irom one center movement. Four ol these dials are placed at eiich side perpendicularly, three down the center and a large dial at the top. The large dial gives Greenwich time; below it is placed the solar time, as differing from mean time; under that is a year dial, showing the months and days ol the month, and lowest on the center a seconds’ dial. The year dial differs from the other in this respect; instead of having a revolving hand the circle itself revolves, bringing the daj’ of the month to a pointer placed beneath, the eight side di ils show rerespectively the time of Lydney,, Madras, New York. Canton, Calcutta, I’iris., Petersburg and Constantinople. These, uniike the English -dial, haie the twcniy-lour hours im.rked on them in two series of Iweive flours each, m-uki-ng, from noon at the top to midnight at the bottom, descending, ami irom miilnight to nooh ascending. The escapement is that known as"Grahain’sdeadbeat,” the peculiarity ol which is that there is no recall. This escapement was invented about one hundred years ago, but modern skill has not produced anything to surpass it.