American Anchor Escapement 39 Dead Beat Escapement 39 Remontoir Clock by James Arthur 40 Remontoir Clock Movement 40 Antique Clock, Entirely Hand-Made 41, 42 Double-Case Watch of Repoussé Work 42 Triple-Case Turkish Watches 43 Watch Showing Dutch Art Work 43 Triple-Case Turkish Watch 44 Watches Showing Art Work 45 Antique Watch Cock 46 "Chinese" Watch 46 Musical Watch, Repeating Hours and Quarters 47 Syrian Dial 47 Hebrew Numerals 48 Twenty-four Hour Watch 48 Domestic Dial by James Arthur 49 Local Time--Standard Time--Beginning and Ending of the Day 57 Universal Time Dial Set for Four Places 61 [Illustration: James Arthur Mr. Arthur is an enthusiastic scientist, a successful inventor and extensive traveler, who has for years been making a study of clocks, watches, and time-measuring devices. He is not only a great authority on this subject, but his collection of over 1500 timepieces gathered from all parts of the globe has been pronounced the finest collection in the world. Mr. Arthur is a pleasing exception to the average business man, for he has found time to do a large amount of study and research along various scientific lines in addition to conducting an important manufacturing business in New York City, of which he is president. Mr. Arthur is 67 years of age.--H. H. Windsor.] CHAPTER I HISTORIC OUTLINE Time as an abstraction. -- Ancient divisions of day and night. -- Night watches of the Old Testament. -- Quarter days and hours of the New Testament. -- Shadow or sun time. -- Noon mark dials. -- Ancient dials of Herculaneum and Pompeii. -- Modern Dials. -- Equation of time. -- Three historic methods of measuring time. -- "Time-boy" of India. -- Chinese clepsydra. -- Ancient weather and time stations. -- Tower of the winds, Athens, Greece.