Re: Big Ben...

[David Dockstader <DRDOCK00@UKCC.UKY.EDU>]

On Mon, 30 Sep 1996 11:20:53 -0400 Robert Curtis said:
Seems to support those of us who proposed a shorter effective length for the
pendulum, do to a higher center of mass, doesn't it?
As someone said about the pennies on Big Ben it does seem like real fine
tuning.  Any idea how much 2 BBs changed the pace of the clock?  Seconds/day,
/wk, /mo?  Any idea the mass of the bob and length of the pendulum?
Sounds like a fun story to relate to our classes.

> The bb's went in a cup on the top of the pendulum bob. Adding bb's
> made the clock go faster; removing them made it go more slowly.
>
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