Eureka Reporter | 1905-03-31 | Page 5 | Alarm Clock Centuries Old

alarm clock centuries old in the town 0 schramberg Sch ramberg in the black forest there is an alarm clock aich warned sleepers it was time to get up when charles II 11 was king of ei gland it was made in 1680 and Is an ingenious piece of workmanship ir form it resembles a lantern in velch is a lighted candle the wick of which is automatically clipped eiery minute by a pair of scissors the candle is slowly pushed upward b a spring which also controls the n of the clock and at the required hour of waking an alarm Is sounded and at the same time the movable sides of the lantern fall and the room Is flooded with light