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This paper introduces a modern version of the classical Huygens' experiment on synchronization of pendulum clocks. The version presented here consists of two monumental pendulum clocks-ad hoc designed and fabricated-which are coupled through a wooden structure.
the Pendulum Clock Christiaan Huygens (1629-1695) stands out among the great scientific minds of the 17th century who addressed themselves to the improvement of timekeeping and the solution of the longitude problem. Huygens possessed both manual and intellectual skills of the highest order. He was the son of a well-connected and
The pendulum clock is an example of a mechanical clock but what is a mechanical clock, how does it work and what is the difference between a pendulum-regulated clock and other mechanical clocks? The essence of a mechanical clock is not to find in the material of which it is composed.
GALILEO, HUYGENS AND THE PENDULUM CLOCK: ISOCHRONISM AND SYNCHRONICITY 1 INTRODUCTION Filip BUYSE On the 2nd October 2017, the Noble Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to three researchers who were able to elucidate how the internal, biological clock of living organisms adapts itself so that it is synchronized with the Earth‟s
isochronous property of the pendulum in laboratory experiments, but it was not an easy path from there to creating pendulum clocks. It was accomplished in 1657 by the twenty-seven-year-old Christiaan Huygens, already a well-known scientist because of his discovery of Saturn's ring. On January 12, 1657, he wrote: "During these days I have
Finally, Huygens brought to fruition the idea that occupied Galileo in his last years: he constructed a pendulum clock. Christiaan Huygens worked on the problem of creating and perfecting clocks, especially pendulum clocks, for nearly forty years, from 1656 to 1693.
The pendulum was crucial throughout Galileo’s career. The properties of the pendulum that Galileo was fascinated with from very early on concern especially time. A 1602 letter (cf. T1) is the earliest surviving document in which Galileo discusses the hypothesis of the pendulum’s isochronism.1 In the letter, Galileo
