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Show How They Told Time. Three bo)s wore told to go ami take the exact time by the town clock. The first camo hack and said: "It Is 12 o'clock." He became in aftei lite a bookseller The second was more exact ex-act Ho said It was threo minutes after 12. Ho became a doctor. The tlilnl looked at the clock, found out how long It took him to walk hack to the house, returned to the clock, then added tho time of his walk to the time shown, mid repotted the icbiilt thus: "It Is at this moment 12 hours, 10 minutes and IS seconds " That hoy came to distinction us Helmholu, the scientist. New York Tribune |