[time-nuts] The Original Time Nut
Neville Michie
namichie at gmail.com
Fri Feb 22 19:40:01 EST 2008
It is interesting that Harrison, who must have been a quite intuitive
thinker, solved a problem in rotational mechanics when he built a
circular balance to replace dumbells.
Foucault, 1851, about 100 years later, presented his pendulum
that was controlled by earth's rotation. Even at that time, the
mathematics
based establishment had not analysed rotational mechanics,
and challenged his analysis of the phenomenon.
(see Pendulum, A.D. Aczel, Atria Books 2003)
Harrison's most lasting legacy must be the bimetal thermal
sensor/actuator.
Neville Michie
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