[time-nuts] Re: Time ball clock

[Brent]

There was a time ball at the entrance to Lyttleton Harbor, NZ.  It was
damaged in the earthquakes there, but it looks like the community funded
the reconstruction of the tower and ball mechanism.  I always looked
forward to seeing it at the closure of a long cruise (Antarctica).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyttelton_Timeball_Station

Brent

On Sun, Jan 2, 2022 at 3:57 AM John Moran, Scawby Design <
john at scawbydesign.co.uk> wrote:

> What a project!
>
> 86,400 x 16 foot columns spaced 3” apart arranged on a cylinder 3.9 miles
> in diameter with bigger balls for minutes and bigger still for hours.
>
> Magical, and almost as grand as the 10,000 year clock.
>
> I will raise a Kickstarter Project immediately ...
>
> Seriously though, a small two ball desk-top version would be fun, but you
> would have to silence the thuds a bit.
>
> John
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