That would not explain the lessing of the effect as the clocks are moved father from each other or arranged as sides of a triangle. Maybe gravity between the pendulums or more likely vibrations.
http://www.scholarpedia.org/article/Synchronization http://www.siam.org/pdf/news/481.pdf http://www.bhi.co.uk/hj/Coupled%20Pendulums%20Quadrature%20and%20Clocks%20by%20John%20Haine.pdf http://www.ralph-abraham.org/articles/MS%2344.Resonance/ms44.pdf Stanley ----- Original Message ---- From: Alan Melia <alan.me...@btinternet.com> To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement <time-nuts@febo.com> Sent: Wed, May 12, 2010 7:12:55 PM Subject: Re: [time-nuts] time-nuts Digest, Vol 70, Issue 31 Is it possible that mechanical (pendulum) clocks could couple not due to energy transfer between the clocks but external mechanical events such as seismic events of a very low level ?? or even gravitational or lunar gravitational effects.?? Maybe the same for water clocks ?? Alan G3NYK ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Hoover" <c...@murgatroid.com> To: <time-nuts@febo.com> Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2010 1:00 AM Subject: Re: [time-nuts] time-nuts Digest, Vol 70, Issue 31 > On 5/12/2010 10:41 AM, Jim Lux wrote: > > It never occurred to me that they might couple, although almost every > > other mechanical clock does. > > > > What would the mechanism be? > > > > Perhaps if all of them run off the same reservoir .... > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.