It is interesting that Harrison, who must have been a quite intuitive thinker, solved a problem in rotational mechanics when he built a circular balance to replace dumbells. Foucault, 1851, about 100 years later, presented his pendulum that was controlled by earth's rotation. Even at that time, the mathematics based establishment had not analysed rotational mechanics, and challenged his analysis of the phenomenon. (see Pendulum, A.D. Aczel, Atria Books 2003) Harrison's most lasting legacy must be the bimetal thermal sensor/actuator.
Neville Michie _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
