As to tides, yes: http://leapsecond.com/hsn2006/pendulum-tides-ch2.pdf
On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 10:23 AM, Peter Reilley <[email protected]> wrote: > I have been pondering pendulum clocks. I was wondering what the ADEV of a > pendulum would show. I assume that you could see the errors in the gear > train. > You should see the period of each gear. You should see the spring wind > down > and being rewound. > > Further, would you be able to see the phase of the moon and the tides? > This > is using the pendulum as a gravimeter. Would it be sensitive enough for > that? > > (have to stop my mind from wandering.) > > Pete. > > > On 9/19/2015 7:15 PM, Brooke Clarke wrote: > >> Hi: >> >> I just started reading the subject book where the mathematics of the >> pendulum are used as a unifying idea to tour physics. >> Included is a correct illustration on page 205 of Foucault's gyroscope >> demonstration that the earth turns 360 degrees in a sidereal day. >> >> Maybe there will be a reference to a gyroscope as a pendulum that's >> making full circles rather than swinging back and forth. >> >> Mail_Attachment -- >> Have Fun, >> >> Brooke Clarke >> http://www.PRC68.com >> http://www.end2partygovernment.com/2012Issues.html >> http://www.prc68.com/I/DietNutrition.html >> _______________________________________________ >> 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.
