From its invention in 1656 by christiaan huygens inspired by galileo galilei until the 1930s the pendulum clock was the world s most precise timekeeper accounting for its widespread use.
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The most basic and notable characteristic of a pendulum clock is implied in the name a pendulum which is a swinging weight that acts as the clock s timekeeping element.
Unlike modern clocks which consist of electrical or electronic parts and are powered by batteries pendulum clocks consist only of mechanical parts that function in absolute harmony to tell accurate time.
The weight driven clocks pendulum cannot touch anything during its swing.
A pendulum clock is a clock that uses a pendulum a swinging weight as its timekeeping element.
Lowering it will slow the clock.
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The advantage of a pendulum for timekeeping is that it is a harmonic oscillator.
That gives the weight potential energy in the earth s gravitational field.
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The pendulum weight the round bob at the bottom of the pendulum is usually adjustable with a nut at the bottom of the bob.
Raising the bob will speed up the clock.
The idea behind the weight is to act as an energy storage device so that the clock can run for relatively long periods of time unattended.
Clocks driven by swinging weights reduced timekeeping inaccuracies from around 15 minutes per day down to 15 seconds per day thus flourished up until the early 20th century.
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It is commonly found in mantle clocks that the wrong pendulum bob has been put on the clock.
Many pendulum clocks will become unstable if the weight is too light no matter what you do to adjust the length.
It swings back and forth in a precise time interval dependent on its length and resists swinging at other rates.
If you want an actual lesson on what keeps the pendulum swinging get out a magnifying glass and look at the sprag drive as it hits the heel toe of the teeter totter pivoting.
If a clock needs a water bottle s worth of weight added to the pendulum to adjust the timekeeping there is something seriously wrong with it.
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The length is how you adjust the speed the weight is used to get you over the resistance all pendulum clocks have resistance in both the pendulum pivot and the air that the weight has to go through.