| Show electricity APPLIED TO CLOCKS BLOCKS we WO witnessed a few days since the operations ions lons of lialis hulls patent electric c clocks manufactured by and now running at tiie the establishment of charles T J N chester these clocks are designed to bo be all connected with and controlled by an accurate regulating clock keeping perfect meridian the beats of all the electric clocks connected with the regulator which we saw were in perfect unison and the hands moved together as if they were but one set and ond ona dial it made no difference whether these clocks were near together or some distance apart all registered the same second of nile tone the arrangement of these time pieces are as follows one wheel of the regulating clock is made to revolve each minute and the pendulum is of such length as to beat seconds the pinion of this wheel carries another wheel whose periphery is made of thirty pieces of ivory and thirty pieces of brass alternating with each other on this periphery rests wire and the wheel itself is made part of the conducting circuit this circuit is composed of a gat get galvanic battery a wire like that used by the telegraph co companies i an and d it takes in each and every electric clock KAs 14 s the circuit wheel revolves it first brings lii III thrass be then hen ivory against the conducting wire oine cane one second brass the next second ivory when the brass segment touches the wire then the circuit is closed the galvanic battery batter comes into action and the ilia telegraph wire charged and the magnets is each clock working at the same instant by the electricity thus brought to bear upon them act upon an escapement of peculiar construction which moves the second hand one second every time the circuit is broken the same movement takes place within the electric clocks docks that is the hand moves one second thus one revolution of or the C circuit wheel in the regulating clock closes the circuit thirty times and breaks the circuit thirty times and the tile break or cios cloi close clos e of lif tiie the circuit advances the hands of the electric clocks one second the circuit wheel of the regulator and the second hands of the electric clocks move precisely ti together gether the b breaking and closing taking place so evenly and slowly no difficulty is is experienced in making a great number of clocks work fil all precisely together it is a very ingenious arrangement life illustrated |
