Harry,
Very good link. What I was commenting on was "ALL the clocks in a clock shop self synchronizing" - which the link specifically referred to only two clocks on the same plank if the conditions were just right and the cases were not heavy, the pendulums would swing in opposite - which is vastly different than the quote. Specifics.
In any case, quite interesting.
Chris
<Someone recently mentioned the phenomenon of all the clocks in a
clock shop self synchronizing. My guess would be that this is due
to the transmission of vibrations through the planks they sit on.
Harry Veeder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
clock shop self synchronizing. My guess would be that this is due
to the transmission of vibrations through the planks they sit on.
Harry Veeder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Huygens (in the 1600's) noticed pendulum clocks mounted on the same wall
were synchronised. Do you think someone was pulling his leg when he enquired about?!
Harry
Christopher Arnold wrote:
Gents, I cannot take this - any longer.
Being a Jeweler who builds new technology particle accelerators and makes his own diamonds - I must correct the nonsense of clock group self synchronization or CGSS. Most jewelers like all their clocks showing the same time, resetting them as often as needed, when they are not busy selling diamonds. Why - who will buy the clocks that don't have the same time as the majority. This is the same thing as the majority rejecting ideas that do not conform with their own empirical wisdom, so those that chirp the same tune are accepted and clocks that all have the same time MUST be accurate and exactly correct all the time - which provides the appearance of CGSS.
Chris Arnold
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