Show melons marvelous Mir the new york herald gives the following account of a very ingenuous astronomical clockwork exhibited at present in tammany hall new york city it is the work of a german named felix meier an adopted citizen of america and he claims that it i the grandest work of science ever produced being superior in many respects to the celebrated Stra turg cathedral clock viewed it is amab of ornamentation the carving of which alone occupied more than a year interiorly there h i vast network of wheels and comple machinery all of which however is apparently under tho control the clock stand about eighteen feet high is five feet deep and weighs pounds it is moved in run by pound weights regulated by a mercury pendulum 30 pounds in weight and requires winding once in dagg the case is of Mi chigin black walnut and is more or less decorated with desics emblematic of american history abiva the main body of the clock h a marble dome upon which washington sits in his chair of state a which is surmounted by a gilded statue of columbia on either side is a colored servant in livery guarding the doors which open between the pillars that support the canopy tue four corners of of the clock are black walnut niches containing human figures of the march of life the two lower ones are supported by two female figures with flaming one of the niches contain the figure of an infant the second the figure third of a man in middle life the fourth of an aged graybeard and still another directly over the centre containing a ton representing father time all of these figures have bells and lam merb in their hands the infants bell is small and sweet toned the youths bell larger and harsher the bell that of old age diminishing in strength and the bell of the skeleton deep and sad A figure of W C bryant and another of morse inventor of telegraphy rest upon aba pillars that support the planetary system it is raid that the mathematical calculations are BO nicely adjusted as to correctly record the movements of the planets for years the relationship of the planets to the universe is shown on a large di aland the changes of the sun and moon with reference to the earth are not only instructive but wonderfully in Jica tive of the correctness with which machinery has been made to the wilt af man the local time of the principal cities of the world is given and any variation at new york or washington london or paris is instantly recorded one of the movements of this wonderful machine n go elaborate thai it cannot be regularly repeated more than once in eighty four years although tho inventor has a crank attached whereby he can at will hasten or retard alie operation of the machinery in elving hia descriptions game the quarter houra are baruck by an infant the the half hours by a youth the throe quarter hours by a middle aged man and the end of the hour by a grey beard death represented by a skeleton then proceeds to solemnly toll and full stroke at this moment the eren hour a strain of musio ia heard one of thirteen airs a servant opens a pido door under the roof or portico of alie clock and the figures of all the presidents from ton to iiames solemnly file out and passing the figure of washington raise hands and salute the father of his country the latter rises to his feet and extends h right hand in which is bed the declaration of in dependence ue remains standing uncil the unique procession passes and then solemnly his place no description however can convey a complete curious invention it is twenty minutes before every hour when an ex plana ory lecture Is given t will remain at tammany cfall three months and be exhibited on sunday as well as during the week days the anlue of the clock is said to bo SO |