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Show Record! Time of the Agei. Dlckery, dlckery, dock, tho mouse ran up tho clock but scarcely a clock Ilka Mr Hrneat Weber's In (lot ha, Germany, which shows not only tho hour, mlnulo and second, but also tho diy. month, year, church calendar, with tho (Into of Iho spring full moon, Iiaster, first Sunday In ad vent, Minis' days and festivals for past, present, and future, tho mean solar llmo for llurope and flrecnwlch, and Iho positions of tho most Important Impor-tant fixed stars Vega, which, owing lo Iho westward motions of Iho equinoxes along Iho ecliptic will bo tho polo star In 14 000 A I), la shown aa well aa Alpha Draconla, which held that honor 4,000 yean ago Mercury Mer-cury and Venue aro represented ro volvlng In their correct synodic, po-rloili, po-rloili, and Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn revolio In their retpectlvo sidereal periods Thli magical clock also shows whether tho year Is a common or a leap year, and automatically In sorts tho extra diya overy fourth year, aa well as every four hundredth year Slightly over threo feet high, containing over 300 wheels and pin-Ions, pin-Ions, thli horologlcal wonder hai been christened by tho (lerinana a kunstubr or art clock |