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Show A Wondeuful Clock. A mnrvcl-lous;picce mnrvcl-lous;picce of mechanism in tho way of clocks has just been exhibited in Paris. It is an oight-day instrument, with dead beat escupomeut maintaining maintain-ing power. It chimes the quarters, pliiya Bixtocn tunes, plays three Union every iwoive nours, or win piay at any lime required. Tho hands go round as follows: One, once a minute; one, once an hour; one, once a week; one, once a month; one, once a year. It shows tho moon's age, tho rising and setting of the sun, the time of high and low water, half ebb and half flood, and by a beautiful contrivance there is a part which represents the water which rises and talis, lifting some ships at high water tide aa il they were in motion, and, as it recedes, re-cedes, leaven these little automaton ships dry on tho sands, Tho clock shows the hour of tho day, day of the week, d.ty of the month, month ol the year, and in the day of tho month thero ie a provision mado for the long ami short months, ltshows tho signs ol tho zodiac; it strikes or not, chimes or not, jib may bo desired; and it hat the equation table, showing thodiller-eueo thodiller-eueo ol clock and sun overy day in the year. If it would sing a song, amoko a cigar, and drink llio honllh of the observer in champagne, lis round of usefulness and wonderfulncsa' would then bo complete. I |