Re: [time-nuts] The clocks at Windsor Castle, UK

THAT was the time is the best comment >Messaggio originale >Da: "Will Kimber" <zl1...@gmx.com> >Data: 17/06/2017 4.22 >A: <time-nuts@febo.com> >Ogg: Re: [time-nuts] The clocks at Windsor Castle, UK > >And when those clocks were made there

Re: [time-nuts] The clocks at Windsor Castle, UK

And when those clocks were made there was no thought that in few centuries time a system that decrees that the time be put forward and back would be invented. They ran continuously and THAT was the time! Will On 06/17/2017 01:05 PM, William H. Fite wrote: > The clocks at Windsor range from C14

Re: [time-nuts] The clocks at Windsor Castle, UK

The clocks at Windsor range from C14 wooden-geared pieces to French masterpieces of haute horlogerie with multiple complications including perpetual calendars, sidereal time, equation of time, true local solar time, date of Easter, various star charts and astronomical data, orreries, animated

Re: [time-nuts] The clocks at Windsor Castle, UK

On 6/16/2017 3:31 PM, Bob kb8tq wrote: Hi They have been a novelty item just about as long as people have made clocks. Exactly what they do or do not have for adjustment capability would be very much a “that depends” kind of thing. There must be some method of getting the beast up to sync. It

Re: [time-nuts] The clocks at Windsor Castle, UK

Precisely... __ Clay Autery, KY5G On 6/16/2017 3:08 PM, William H. Fite wrote: > Jerry, what you're missing is the culture of the Castle. Having a > clock--let alone a bunch of clocks--stopped for an hour simply would not be > acceptable.

Re: [time-nuts] The clocks at Windsor Castle, UK

Hi They have been a novelty item just about as long as people have made clocks. Exactly what they do or do not have for adjustment capability would be very much a “that depends” kind of thing. There must be some method of getting the beast up to sync. It *could* be pretty involved. Bob > On

Re: [time-nuts] The clocks at Windsor Castle, UK

kb...@n1k.org said: > One thing that may be missing is that the clocks involved also keep track of > other things (date, lunar phase, sunrise / sunset …). Forcing them to gain > or loose a day might mess some of that up. I haven't worked with that sort of clock. I would expect they would

Re: [time-nuts] The clocks at Windsor Castle, UK

Hi One thing that may be missing is that the clocks involved also keep track of other things (date, lunar phase, sunrise / sunset …). Forcing them to gain or loose a day might mess some of that up. Bob > On Jun 16, 2017, at 4:01 PM, Jerry Hancock wrote: > > I’m missing

Re: [time-nuts] The clocks at Windsor Castle, UK

Jerry Hancock wrote: I’m missing something here. ... Really? What do you think you're missing? The difficulty with setting clocks +11 hours is that you can't just crank the minute hand in a circle 11 times. You have to wait for the clock to ring before advancing the next hour. Stopping

Re: [time-nuts] The clocks at Windsor Castle, UK

Jerry, what you're missing is the culture of the Castle. Having a clock--let alone a bunch of clocks--stopped for an hour simply would not be acceptable. "We're Royals, the rules are different here." On Friday, June 16, 2017, Jerry Hancock wrote: > I’m missing something

Re: [time-nuts] The clocks at Windsor Castle, UK

I’m missing something here. Advancing the clocks 11 hours is the same as setting it back one hour. There was an article about a person that had 300 clocks with the same problem and I don’t understand the issue and I might be overlooking something or not remembering it correctly. If you have

Re: [time-nuts] The clocks at Windsor Castle, UK

Hi I would claim that anybody with 450 clocks to tend is indeed a Time Nut ….:) Bob > On Jun 15, 2017, at 10:37 PM, Bill Hawkins wrote: > > Happened to watch a PBS/BBC program called "Queen's Castle" episode 102 > - Four Seasons, that was filmed in 2005 at Windsor, not

[time-nuts] The clocks at Windsor Castle, UK

Happened to watch a PBS/BBC program called "Queen's Castle" episode 102 - Four Seasons, that was filmed in 2005 at Windsor, not Buckingham. One of the segments was about the castle timekeeper, Steve Davison. He's responsible for 450 clocks, some 300 years old. His biggest challenge is the end of