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Time waits for no. man.
Because of this, time has
been one of man's obsessions
for centuries, and civilized.
man.... revolves around the
,correct time.
Timekeeping devices have.'.
.. come a7l long' way '.sincethe
sundial. The Huron county.
Pioneer Museum 'devotes. a.
large area •to the`evelution of •
these •devices, and has an
excellent collectiah of wat-
ches,. clocks• and sundials ; as
well- as .working models of
ancient devices.
BY ROI3 SHRIER'
'Their 'selection of watches
is second to nine. A showcase'
contains •over . tour 'dozen
pocket watches Of every
description. .The showcase
contains-, among other things.
a pocket,watch Chain made of
human hair, a pocket com-:
pass sundial for the: ultitn ite
in. : • maintenance free
timekeeping, and a ewatch..
with-- a .double case for extra
water protection. ,
Also, in the showcase are
the wocks,7in-a-box of ,41
wooden -gear pendulum clock
t
,of the 1830's, s'cUrity. ,
Otae est the more interesting
items iSt phere Hoek.
A 'apsule behind the works
ec nt;iins•a gas which expands
contract's easily with
tt'tnlaerature change. When it
does this it moves, a diaphram
,which. then moves_ .i chain
v.hich winds the- atch A
thirty degree ® Fahrenheit
c.h..ufst''in tt'nxpe'rature Wintri
wins the..k,ck for ;t clay.
• A not her clock in the
shows se is a r,Liss-eased.
spring 'ti
cloc,' wound with a
. key, \yy
t 6 • h \\ ould rtin• for.
.thirteen . o ihs• on A single
w'ina
t .' i b air: iri
•?e: t safety,
f1rsh-light
; 1;triri ' be yours'if
you Can k . i. by Museum
'This. floral clock,: planted yearly by Huron County Pioneer Museum staff, ,was built' by
founder J.H. Neill, and is' one of the many iterns that adorn the,yard at_the Museum. It is
also the most attractive time -piece at the museum. ('staff photo) -
Themus•eitre“has two time
Blocks. One was run by
buttons and was ' used for
many, years: by the Goderich
organ factory. Another time
deck, used a wheel to
determine employee number.
'One . of the' models on
:'.displayis the' Foucault
pendu.lum, It was• named
after its inventor; Jean Leon
Foucault,'",;a physicist ift
Napol' tjn's France, A heaVY
ball, at least 6.00 pounds, is
strung 'from. a long,.,strang
wire, at least 65 feet,.",
In accordance with ...the
principle of inertia„ such a
p-etululurri .Swings .in• -a plane
fixed in space for a time.long
enough to See t'hat•the earth is
'turning beneath it:. It swings
15 degrees per hour a 1d told
the . correct time because of
the swing for four hours a
day.
If you are se "inclined", the
'--tri e -tan --has a morel' of a•
water clock you can build on
anj,hill near your home.
As- ,water` 'stilt/612s, down
through a series of crocks, the
water level in one of the
crocks.tells the tine, since if
-designed correctly it takes
ex zotly two hours to ernpty
each crock.
An ancient! Egyptian water
clock' is cdpied in the display,.
•It isthe first known clock to
tut ri a;hand around, circular
.411•• • are_
. A regulated drip: frp.,zn: an
upper tankraise the Water:
level in a lower , tank, sub-
sequently ; raising a float,
which moves a rack gear'
which turns the dial.
If you' ..ivou.ld- file to build
something for your bedside,
perhaps you ,could consider a
spirit clock.. An oil tank has •
markings for the time as the
-oil is 'burned• away. It is not
•
accurate and expensive to
operate, but it's great' in
power failures. Candle clocks
work on the same principle
and 15 read by the time it
takes the candle to burn
down.
Sundials aboundin the
museum, and come iii every
conceivable shape and size.
There are models used by.the
Greeks that could fell the'(l,ate.•
as: well as time but, alas, are
totally useless on• -a cloudy.
day.
o •ins uraa�ce ins ales u
And a fitting finale to the
timekeeping show on • this
summer' at the museu"m.is the
famous flower clock, built by
the museum's founder" JAL •
Neill. It is still planted every
year, and is no doubt the most
beautiful •• cicick at the,
museum.
Every ene of these varied
and fascinating timekeepers;
is available for your perusal.
at -the Huron County Pioneer-
Museum,
a
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Agriculture' and'w. Food
Minister .William Newman
'said • 'today • that ; figures
compiled: by the, •Crop
Insurance Commission of
Ontario show that crop in-
surance sales for:this spring's
:.,crops are ' up -I-5 percentover
last year.
Nine spring crops are in-
sured: corn, spring grain
(oats, barley and mixed
grain),, soybeans, .white
beans, colored • beans, new
forage - seeding, .onions,
potatoesand flax. A total of 27
different crops are. covered
this. year by pthe• 'insurance
plan which protects
producers from financial
lossesfrom crop failures. As
well as the 'springcrops,,
winter wheat, fruit; seed
corn, ' canning crops
(tomatoes, sweet corn, etc)
and tobacco,"are^incl"u'ded:"
Mr. Newman .said crop
insurance has- gained wide
acceptance.by farmers, with
the number of participating
producers rising each year..
The 'crop insurance plan
was initiated in the fall of 1966
with. 699 • plantings: being
covered that year.•In 1975,-
22,700 plantings were covered'.,
and about 2,000. are expected
to be covered this year.
• The amount paid outeach:
• year fluctuates depending of
the success. ,'of the .crops
covered, About, • $.8.5 rnillion
were•paid'';out in 19T5, down
from about. $1.1• inilliop .then,
previous year when the corn ,
crop suffered set -backs.•
'Crop insurance- is a federal- •
• provincial program. The
federal government pays half
the premium and tht farmer
pays the .other half; ,Tlie
province "administers •the
program and pays all the
;administrativecosts" which -
amounied' , in 1975 "'to• $1.
Million..., _payments, -
•prodttcers are made from the
premium fund.,
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• It's Our 1st Anniversary, and our Saletofriendsabratioit is to show our,appreciation fora very
successful first year. We've made a lot of friends. Our 5 percent sale is now on to make us
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•our first year in.
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