Monday, June 2, 2014
Planetarium
I thought it was amazing that someone could find out information with very little resources to make an exact replica of our solar system that consisted of many small pins and gears that was powered by a pendulum clock. The planetarium is the oldest working planetarium in the world and it doesn't use electricity to function; it used weights that you would pull down every so often to keep it running. Not only was the planetarium great, but the whole town of Franeker was an interesting place to visit. I would like to come back and see the planetarium at a different state to see how it changes.
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I was amazed how much detail he had on this model! The painting alone had to take so much time. I would like to see this model in a few years to see the planets in a different state.
ReplyDeleteIt was amazing that this one guy was able to figure all of the fine detail out. He was able to make such an amazing mechanism and it is still running amazes me.
ReplyDeleteI still don't understand how a human being could perfectly scale down our solar system into a 12x12 room. The mechanisms used to accurately portray the exact position of each known planet seems inconceivable and/or impossible to create.
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