There are some interresting clocks in these articles published by Wired Magazine:
How to make a clock run for 10,000 years : http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/06/10000-year-clock/all/1 There is a nice pendulum at the end of the article. Backstory: How 250 Years of Progress Gave Us the Most Complicated Clock Ever : http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/07/pl_backstory_timemachine/ Jaquet clocks/watches which the last article talks about were used in many scientific instruments during the 50s, either manually started and stopped or via solenoids and contacts. Philips, Frieseke Hoepfner and other manufacturers used them in their Geiger-counters for instance. /Martin On 22 Jan, 23:22, [email protected] wrote: > Wow, that brought back memories. > > I used to dial POP-CORN a lot as a kid. Guess I never had much else to do. > > Michail > 206-920-6312 > > In a message dated 1/22/2012 2:00:50 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, > > [email protected] writes: > > Ah yes, the old "time and temperature" thing, that we used to have to > call on the phone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/neonixie-l?hl=en-GB.
