Building an Impossible Clock

Thu, 4 Feb 2016 14:23:51 +1100

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
<http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/01/pendulum-clock-john-harrison/424614/>

"The 18th-century horologist John Harrison claimed that he could make the
world's most accurate pendulum clock, but his methods were scorned for hundreds
of years—until someone proved him right."

Great article!  I also recommend the book and TV series "Longitude".

If you enjoyed Terry Pratchett's "Moist von Lipwig" series of explanatory
fiction, here's a My Little Pony fanfiction in the same style on the subject of
horology:  Time on Their Hooves
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/245080/time-on-their-hooves

Via Piera Coppola and Lionel Lauer.

Share and enjoy,
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