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Author Topic: The closest thing ever to perpetual movement  (Read 541 times)
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« on: February 17, 2010, 03:49:31 am »

Behold, the Beverly Clock:
http://atlasobscura.com/places/beverly-clock
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« Reply #1 on: February 17, 2010, 04:00:36 am »

I hadn´t heard of that, it´s pretty cool.
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« Reply #2 on: February 17, 2010, 04:21:09 am »

Atmospheric clocks are very interesting, there were quite a few made in the 40's and 50's buy the high end makers (such as Jaeger Lecoultre).
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« Reply #3 on: February 17, 2010, 12:39:55 pm »

Fascinating! It makes sense that atmospheric pressure would be sufficient to keep a clock running
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« Reply #4 on: February 17, 2010, 01:03:14 pm »

That is so cool.  markf
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« Reply #5 on: February 18, 2010, 04:31:24 am »

Quite an intriguing contraption.
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« Reply #6 on: February 20, 2010, 12:14:07 am »

Thats pretty cool Smiley I never thought about atmospheric pressure powering something, a very clever idea!
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