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Show A lWH-haowu llocV. Irliar the best known clock In the United States Is that which surmounts the old 'State llou-e," In Independence .-sprare, Chestnut street, rhlladelrii. It was made by ouu SeLeca Uikins, a thker watchmaker, who. Iu his oll-igt, lived in Horliam Township, Iiucks County, I "a , an J whose custom it was to go to thu city once a y ear aud wind up and lubricate the old timepiece, until he died at an advance ad-vance age, about lsK-T. This ancient an-cient clock Is the companion of the "Liberty Bell," which was rung on the occj'Ion of the decl-tiation ot Independence, July -l.lTTtJ, I u the room on the ground lloor .fronting on Chestnut street, or thu lift or tho main hall. A much larger clock Is toornameut the toair of the new public building In the sarne rcity. The bell of this I, to weigh 5,Oi0 pounds and ill it the famed Westminster West-minster chimes will be ued, ringing ring-ing In the quarter, half, three-quarters and licur. Tho dial of tlu im-mensctirac-piece will be twenty-Are feet In diameter, and Ml feet aliovo Uiestreet. Tho mlnuto hand will be twelve feet and the hour hand nluo feet long, and tlie dial face, at night, will bo illuminated bv electricity, elec-tricity, so that Uie time may'bcob sitved In any part of the city. The giant clock will be wound up each day by a steam engine placed In the clock tower. Ax. |