FabSwingers.com > Forums > The Lounge > Science question

Science question

Jump to: Newest in thread

By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

How big can a clockwork clock get before it stops working as intended?

Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote or View forums list

By * Sophie xTV/TS over a year ago

Derby

Im sure the Great Clock in the houses of Parliament was either originally clockwork or still is and has got to be one of the biggest if not the biggest clockwork clock.

Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote or View forums list

By *uriousscouserWoman over a year ago

Wirral

The Raketa Monumental clock in Russia has a 13m pendulum, works just fine.

Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote or View forums list

By *innie The MinxWoman over a year ago

Under the Duvet

I read that as clockwork cock

my bad

Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote or View forums list

By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

I'm asking on a much much bigger scale.

Would it still work if the end of the pendulum would have to travel faster than light speed to reach its next destination every second?

Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote or View forums list

By *erry bull1Man over a year ago

doncaster

The clock in Wenceslas square in Prague , had to be the most complicated one built

Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote or View forums list

By *uke olovingmanMan over a year ago

Gravesend

If it's working with a weight it's going to be dependent on the height of the tower ... unfortunately if it's too high no one will be able to see the dial

Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote or View forums list

By *uriousscouserWoman over a year ago

Wirral

"I read that as clockwork cock

my bad

I read it twice

Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote or View forums list

By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"I'm asking on a much much bigger scale.

Would it still work if the end of the pendulum would have to travel faster than light speed to reach its next destination every second?"

Nothing that current science is aware of can exceed the speed of light, so a clock of a size that required this would not work with just one pendulum. However, a clock can have more than one pendulum sequenced with cogs and gears so it's theoretically possible to have no limit on the size of the clockwork mechanism or the clock. Why anyone would want a clock this big, I have no idea though

Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote or View forums list

By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

I've been forcing myself to say "clockwork clock" 5 times in a row repeatedly since opening this thread....

What is wrong with me

Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote or View forums list

By *partharmonyCouple over a year ago

Ruislip

"How big can a clockwork clock get before it stops working as intended?"

Why would an increase in size stop the principle from working? The laws of physics won't change or affect it differently.

Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote or View forums list

By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

"How big can a clockwork clock get before it stops working as intended?

Why would an increase in size stop the principle from working? The laws of physics won't change or affect it differently. "

Because eventually the end of the pendulum would have to travel faster than light to meet its next destination. And since the pendulum has mass it couldn't travel that fast.

Or could it!

Bit like the faster than light slice phenomenon.

Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote or View forums list

» Add a new message to this topic