Morgan County News | 1947-08-22 | Page 2 | Novel Clock Performs Many Tasks

novel clock performs Peri many tasks spartanburg S C made about 1880 a four faced clock still ticks licks away here keeping time charting movements of the moon ind and sun and incidentally telling ame mme keeping track of days and months all on a master wheel rotating once every 13 years the clock was the cr creation of daniel davis who used crude tools to tut cut its wheels gears and cabinet in wa uj small cabin la in the carolina mountains one face records the 24 hour progress of the sun another charts chart the course and phases of the poon A third tells the day and month even allowing for the extra leap year day the fourth face performs a clocks ordinary timekeeping time keeping duty R 0 davis dails grandson of th skilled maker now owns the novel gadget which holds a place of la in his home