Show Timing an Earthquake The new sclamoscopcc male by Braggart Brother of Rome and adopted at the Italian meteorological r eJ stations are described In the Jll cua 5cfenfyconoutrtate They are of a very simple nature the one consisting merely of an Iron rod about floe Inches long leaning slightly against an ndjusllble screw support near Its middle and with Its lower pointed end In a cup When n shock or tremor occurs the rod falls away from Its support and Is caught by a fixed metallic ring making electric eonlaet and ringing a belL In the other instrument tho ring is connected with a hinged lever arrangement ar-rangement which stops the mechanism mech-anism of a tlmeplccvshowlng when tho shock occurred uirte Opin i > a |