[time-nuts] NPR story on coupled pendulums
Hal Murray
hmurray at megapathdsl.net
Wed Jul 29 03:54:50 UTC 2015
University Of Lisbon Scientists Solve Pendulum Clock Mystery
Two professors at the University of Lisbon say they have discovered why the
pendulums of clocks set on the same surface will eventually swing together in
opposing directions.
http://www.npr.org/2015/07/28/427178282/university-of-lisbon-scientists-solve-
pendulum-clock-mystery
I thought the NPR story was not very interesting. (But it probably wasn't
targeted at time-nuts. :)
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Here is the paper:
Huygens synchronization of two clocks
http://www.nature.com/srep/2015/150723/srep11548/full/srep11548.html
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