Actually, it only takes a few seconds to sync metronomes using that method. YouTube is full of examples:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMVxVbCIPjg -Bob On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 1:27 AM, Hal Murray <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Allied to this discussion is the Loomis effect, discovered by the > > American millionaire who had three Shortt clocks running in his > > basement. They synchronised unless aligned at 120 degrees to each > > other. I wonder weather they were shaking the bedrock, or maybe the > > gravitational attraction between the 10 kg pendulums may have > > synchronised them. (See "Tuxedo Park" by Jennet Conant) He qualified > > as the first time nut. > > It's on page 67-68. > > When I told that story to a friend today, he gave me one back. > > If you take 3 old fashioned mechanical metronomes and put them on a board > that is on a couple of soft drink cans for rollers, they will get in sync. > It may take an hour... > > Sounds like good science fair bait. Are there similar demos? Can you get > two tuning forks to beat if held next to each other but get in sync if > their > bases are touching? (or something like that) > > > -- > These are my opinions, not necessarily my employer's. I hate spam. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > _______________________________________________ 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.
