Rare "The Eight Wonder of the World" Engle Clock Stereoview, 1878

An interesting bit of history, this one, documenting the incredible Engle clock, created by Stephen Decatur Engle in 1878. From an entry about it on the National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors website: The towering mechanical clock (now held in the collection of the National Clock and Watch Museum) measures 11′ high and includes among its mechanical features two organ movements, 48 moving figures (Jesus Christ, the twelve Apostles, the three Marys, Satan, Father Time, the three Ages of Man, Death, Justice, Orpheus, and Linus among them) and a type of tellurian movement (patented by Engle) that illustrates the positions of the moon, constellations, and zodiac relative to the rotating earth. The clock also indicates such things as the months, days of the week, moon phases, and tides. Exactly on the hour the figure of Death strikes a thigh bone against the skull attached to the column. At 15, 30, and 45 minutes past the hour Father Time strikes a bell with a scythe and turns hi