Show the I 1 clock at st pauls landon I 1 A writer in th the foreign quarterly thus describes describer the machi machinery nory of this great london j clock I 1 I 1 the pendulum is fourteen feet long and the weight at af the end of it I 1 id s abife one hundred 1 I 1 weight the dial on the th outside put side is regulated i by a smaller one within n the 14 length cenath of the minute minu te hand on the exterior dal is fifteen afi n feet iud and the length of the hour hoar hand band is 18 ei eight f feet beet and the weight of each fil seventy eveny five pounds the length of the hour figures two feet and two tw 0 and a half ine inches hes in q the face of the dial is an aperture of about a foot pot square through which visitors visitor are allowed 1 we d to 0 protrude ude t wr their heads to observe the hands in a motion the minute hand marking mark in a considerable leap at each swing owing of the t e pendulum A gentleman was at one time indulging his curios curiosity iii in aa ah way y the hand gitein being above his u head at a 3 and 1 afterwards tu turning rnino 0 to look below baw I 1 remaining i a ahnin i g in that p position position 1 until on aate attempting m g to moze move he found the minute hand close upon the back of his neck and bras was tot illy unable to extricate himself in 9 a short bort I 1 time ho he would faa bave ve beao inevitably suffocated even if decapitation de cala had not ensued fortunately a friend was waa with him who hastily summoned assistance ind and the clock was stopped epst in time tf t save save hi his life since that time the guide takes care sare to caution visitors against prolonging pr ol 01 0 ngim weir I 1 observations at a certain boric period d I 1 i in every evi hour I 1 the fine toned bell which strikes is clearly distinguished from froin every other hell in the metropolis metio polis and h hasteen has agreen been audible at the distance of twenty mils miles it is about ten tea feet in in diameter diameter and is ip said to weigh four and tons borig the bell Is lg j tolled toled on the death of any of the royal family of the lord L ard mayor mayo bishop r of londonjr Lon d donor 1 0 no I 1 r dean of the cathedral I 1 I 1 the single expense I 1 an fn for building the Cath cathedral edril was boat about a million and a half pounds pound s sterling |