15-01-2017 7:07 PM
I had this forwarded to me, maybe some have already seen this though. But I was well impressed watching the video.
15-01-2017 7:23 PM
16-01-2017 1:58 PM
Amazing!
16-01-2017 4:22 PM - edited 16-01-2017 4:22 PM
Fascinating video. At first glance it seems a bit Heath Robinson adding a penny to the pendulum to keep it in time but if it's worked for 160 years why change it?
16-01-2017 4:55 PM
I'm surprised some wag hasn't tried to nick the pennies,meanwhile her is another example of a fine mechanism.
16-01-2017 5:48 PM
And here is another - it seems that you either like / admire this or you don't
I find it absolutely fascinating in it's design and construction - using a mechanism from nearly 300 years ago with a modern and unique display of the passing of time.
There are other vids on that page which give some different perspectives
This is a BBC vid on the history of the John Harrison clock
The Clock That Changed the World (BBC History of the World)