Excellent. I shall get the observatory to move their hydrogen masers onto a board on drink cans immediately.
Jim 2009/3/10 Max Robinson <[email protected]> > Hal Murray wrote. > > 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) > > Yes. That's a standard sophomore physics demonstration. > > Regards. > > Max. K 4 O D S. > > Email: [email protected] > > Transistor site http://www.funwithtransistors.net > Vacuum tube site: http://www.funwithtubes.net > Music site: http://www.maxsmusicplace.com > > To subscribe to the fun with tubes group send an email to, > [email protected] > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Hal Murray" <[email protected]> > To: "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement" > <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 2:27 AM > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] GPS disciplined mechanical clocks > > > > > >> 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. > _______________________________________________ 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.
