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Show Avritiit liinrjiicrf. The ue of the uatcli has lme a common, and jieoplu are m. iccu.'omed to t ike note of time by 'Jie pieces winch they carry In tneir ,M-Uts thai they are aj.t to lortl low recent an mveatioa It 1". I hi tln-t waU h a not twenty car,, old when America was dicoveied. The $reat ma-s of the milium lace uexel Kiif a watch, and If men have lived (as onie cicnli-t claim) for lOO.omi trs then how .-lngubir the fact hat for 9,iw i i tars cf that time no me ever had a watch. Of cour-e, the w ali !i grew out ol the jnwtlt lit use oi Hie cloik, am it wsrf alwit WW years l.tncen tht firt ilorLuixl I.'ie ilrstuatch. That i as t loe!y a i tuj j!C!i ;".l!matt ilates when the Jin-CLH.' earof either j Invention Is uukuown. ine i..iiiiiiu ul theclkirgcii erally 2crilicd, a-- the Jeicclcn' lie-iKtt lie-iKtt ea, to tin; monk Uerl-ert.whi .as aflVrtvaniri r..oJ f tt-eti-rn iidtrthe mime of l'ojie rlcitei 1 1. The firtt clocks were timibrou'-hlng'. timibrou'-hlng'. uUuIatl uuly to be liuiic. in the wall and worked with coU illii w eighL. For a long time tilt i Lrcontx u-ed inioniciiUandnwu-utterh inioniciiUandnwu-utterh "win re they hi-li! to make ni-traMetne ii.3f the Inmatt. Other, say that the Invention of the clock was due to thesaractns. i aome time in the l'jurteenth cin-turv cin-turv the erc3iiieut was introduced .n what U knovvn a lie Wjck'-cloik. Wjck'-cloik. Tills allcvted of reduction in ite, tut II Minis to huve taken !- ' tear SH.re f r the idea to Iiaxe gut en iiilotm-a.; mindbth.it the iliKk I nlglit I nude t-,"!all enough ti cirry in the ck 1. j Tlie city ol Niirembenr ctalt,. h , laM-made tlie lir-twattli in U77, ind Piter Hall, of tliat .H, nuU Aatcht of sUtI as early U'n. Il is cirtaln tusl the lir-t watcher x ere callt-d Nurvtnt.. iirss a fa- .hat ideiitifitx Iioth tho ;ce ol making and tha; of tlie watch. The works w ire lm loteil 111 lircuiar mital t-jii-sand were hung from the ,-irdIe. T:u-; generally .-ut-geited the idinr.f all eg. The Hr-t I'.mjIIi wilciu-j iad Heights and wire used as a iwket lock, f-'uiii thirty wati lies ha J lily olio liand ami noulrcd to 1 tound up like a day. The dlal-arere dlal-arere of ilcr and hra, and tin jks hi I no cry-tal-i, but os!i.eii at I he lack an I fruit, and wire fwji I r flic inrht-s in ilianuter about 1 tiie sii of a common dissert plate. Tim flrat f.r.nt Improvement of the watch the s-ub-titution ol -prlngs lor wilghhwas iu 1WJ. lheesjirings were not coiled but were only straight :-es of steel. Soon atcrwarJ til- fus- was in-eiite. in-eiite. ivnnecleil Willi a rnaln lniii; in a larrt 1. This was fastened fasten-ed to a piece 1 r-itgut, wiiicii wa-woucil wa-woucil around a spiral grooved fir-ee in the shaia of a cone. The last coiLwirearouiidx:.o small enJ of the cone, thus resenting in the running tf the watch the lea-t levyrage to the greatest force of the .nring. As the com" was unwound the leverage changed iu proiortion t. the force of the spring. This maile it lrlWe to attain considerable consider-able accuracy lit tl. running of tiie watch. A small IluVJ oliainwas -ulttitutiti fur the catgul. and this style of ihuia remained until com-lorativelv com-lorativelv recent times. The sjiiral hairspring, wliicli U so iiecei-sary forciiualiziug tl.e motion, was invented in-vented and attached alut the year ! by Dr. Hook. Lengthening or -hortetiingthesiiriiig lessens orln-crcasea orln-crcasea tJ,B vibrations and makes the regul-tioa 'J - watch a" ca3i' matter. The casts of Hie early watchts were made for .erronaI ai2oiiruent and were of all soils and shais. One that llonged to Lady Htz gerald tells in a curious way the classic Lile of Jupiter and Gany-' Gany-' mede. The w orks are contained In tlie iiody of the eagle, which Optus scroffctUe centie and di-piays the dial plate richly engraved witli scrolisnnd llowii. The silver gilt watch iii iie form f of a death's head was giver, to Mary Quteu of Scots, by htr husband, the dauphin of France. It was lately in tlie pos es-Ian of Sir John Lap Jer. and came to his family through Cztharlue Seton. to whom theuiitortucsu, Sfary gave it before her execution. Ti,ea Js a similar watch In a JJoston museum tnat lielouged to one of the Pilgrim fnthers. It is of silver. In the torni of a death's licaii, o,en!ng at the under jaw. It has at u.etopa small ring, by mcatii which It wa ittachisl to tlie girdle. J!eai er Ctonian. |