Monday, June 2, 2014
The Planetarium :O
The ceiling clock was from the planetarium was probably one of the most intricate devices I have ever seen. At first I thought it was a little disappointing because you really couldn't see it move noticeably since its units of measurements were of days or greater. I did have a chance to go upstairs in the planetarium to see the "guts" of the clock and I was flabbergast from all the components that make up the clock. It was powered with 3 weights, one of which would only be reset at most twice a year. There was a single pendulum that timed the whole device. Watching things spin a different rates due to gear ratios was pretty entertaining to say the least.
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