European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 16, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Seconds anyone time out for by Jack Holden staff writer to Jaime on my hands i did t Al know what time it was time was song titles Echo Man s eternal concern with the commodity that Money won t buy time. What is time with a Bow to the dictionary Here Are some additional definitions time is what we Haven t enough  is that wrist watch clock or other minute minder we re accused of watching. Time is Rise eat work traffic eat to sleep. Time is life Rushing by. Time is a politician shouting it High time. Time is Man s ancient interest. Watch ing seasons change lacked precision so along came the Calendar. The chinese developed one in 2,397b.c.,  the babylonians had one in 2,000 b.c., but both were already behind the times. The egyptians had the same thought almost 2,000 years  153 b.c., the romans decreed that january 1 would replace March 1 anew year s Day. This was great fore sight. Who could wait till March 1 Tosee the Rose bowl game the aztecs  mayans put Calendar Art on Stone  today cheesecake is All the rage. Whatever the form Calen Dars still Are consulted daily. Credit Pope Sylvester ii with the first clock in 996 . Soon big clocks were adorning Cathedral towers All Over Europe. When the mainspring came along inthe 16th Century clocks went portable. The first table clock appeared during the17th Century. Today s clock watchers can gaze upon Many celebrated exam Ples of the instrument that answers the most popular question what time Isit Gro to Strasbourg France  you can see one of the world s most renowned clocks. Completed in 1842, it sports a Calendar above which is a Gal Lery with allegorical figures represent ing Days of the week sunday is represented by Apollo in a horse drawn Chariot. As if this weren t ornate enough the clock s builder a Charles sch Wilgue added moveable figures representing the four Ages of Man figures that strike each Quarter hour. Death strikes the hour with a Bone. Finally a procession of the twelve apostles passes at noon before the Fig ure of Christ bowing at his feet As remakes the sign of the Cross. During this procession a cock perched on top flaps its wings ruffles its neck  crows three  to Venice  you la see an example of clock Art italian style circa17th Century. This timepiece has a dial of Blue  Gold. On ascension Day an for 14 Days thereafter figures of the magi come Forth in procession  Salute the Virgin  child when the clock strikes 12. One of the largest clocks in ame Icacan be found in Jersey City . Weigh ing six tons it s 38 feet across with minute hand 20 feet Long. But clocks Are sounds As Well As size  who s Ever heard London s famed big Ben  forgotten its timeless tone modern clocks Wake us with Light turn themselves on  off  even switch on the Coffee pot. And now Only a wrist away you can Check not Only the time but the Day the Date  the phase of the  wristwatches even have alarms. Time is an Industry. More than 30 Mil lion clocks  watches were on the . Market alone according to the latest statistics. More than devices time is a Dimen Sion  a concept. It s Speed  space1. It s Freedom flight  fancy. It s that intangible item that keeps running out. In the Laboratory time is often measured in milliseconds or thousandths of a second while future generations will use the Light year As a common Means of time measurement. Since a Light year is calculated to Beabout six trillion Miles  Mars is Only 35 million Miles from the Earth Atrip by a spacecraft of tomorrow will actually Fly by. Perhaps it la be a trip once to a Blue ? Moon viewed As just one of those things  hopefully on something More substantial than gos Samer wings. Time is a Jet with breakfast in Boston lunch in London  indigestion in Istanbul. Benjamin Franklin cautioned that time is  Henry David Thoreau observed As if you could kill Tim without injuring eternity while Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote we do not county Man s years until he has nothing else to  time is How fast someone will run the mile next  How Long your Mother in Law will be staying. Time is the Hope of another Chance. Time is All our yesterdays today an tomorrows. Time is. Well it s time to end this. Keystone world s biggest cuckoo clock is facade for Wiesbaden souvenir shop. This tiny timepiece at Vienna s clock museum will fit literally in a thimble. Is a glockenspiel clock at the fur Wangen museum dates  to 1756. This is a table or travelling clock used in 1600. Keystone reputedly the world s most complicated watch time is almost incidental to this half Pound device. A elaborate clock in Black Forest museum does everything but mop floors. Up atomic clock neither gains nor loses second in 1,000 years weighs 30 pounds. Page 12 the stars  stripes saturday september 16, 1967 the stars  stripes Page 13