| Show municipal timo at glasgow ono of the most interesting of glasgow enterprises is what may bo described as municipal tho entire city some years ago the experiment was tried of placing municipal clocks in prominent positions all over glasgow and regulating them by synchronization the present is much moro elaborate and is nothing less than the establishment of a system of standard time by means of electrically rolled clocks regulated every second from tho stellar clock at the observatory A regulating clock directly controlled from the observatory has been placed in the city chambers and this in turn controls three circuits of public clocks nt various points in tho city in tho meantime about a dozen clocks leavo been provided but if tho trial proves successful tho corporation intends to erect from to 18 inch dials thus providing a reliable system of standard time for all parts of the city this extension of the circuit will involve tho laying of gl miles of wire it is hoped also to include time keeping in private houses westminster gazette |
