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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

How big can a clockwork clock get before it stops working as intended?

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By * Sophie xTV/TS
over a year ago

Derby

Im sure the Great Clock in the houses of Parliament was either originally clockwork or still is and has got to be one of the biggest if not the biggest clockwork clock.

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By *uriousscouserWoman
over a year ago

Wirral

The Raketa Monumental clock in Russia has a 13m pendulum, works just fine.

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By *innie The MinxWoman
over a year ago

Under the Duvet

I read that as clockwork cock my bad

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

I'm asking on a much much bigger scale.

Would it still work if the end of the pendulum would have to travel faster than light speed to reach its next destination every second?

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By *erry bull1Man
over a year ago

doncaster

The clock in Wenceslas square in Prague , had to be the most complicated one built

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By *uke olovingmanMan
over a year ago

Gravesend

If it's working with a weight it's going to be dependent on the height of the tower ... unfortunately if it's too high no one will be able to see the dial

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By *uriousscouserWoman
over a year ago

Wirral


"I read that as clockwork cock my bad "

I read it twice

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I'm asking on a much much bigger scale.

Would it still work if the end of the pendulum would have to travel faster than light speed to reach its next destination every second?"

Nothing that current science is aware of can exceed the speed of light, so a clock of a size that required this would not work with just one pendulum. However, a clock can have more than one pendulum sequenced with cogs and gears so it's theoretically possible to have no limit on the size of the clockwork mechanism or the clock. Why anyone would want a clock this big, I have no idea though

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I've been forcing myself to say "clockwork clock" 5 times in a row repeatedly since opening this thread....

What is wrong with me

Lu

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By *partharmonyCouple
over a year ago

Ruislip


"How big can a clockwork clock get before it stops working as intended?"

Why would an increase in size stop the principle from working? The laws of physics won't change or affect it differently.

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"How big can a clockwork clock get before it stops working as intended?

Why would an increase in size stop the principle from working? The laws of physics won't change or affect it differently. "

Because eventually the end of the pendulum would have to travel faster than light to meet its next destination. And since the pendulum has mass it couldn't travel that fast.

Or could it!

Bit like the faster than light slice phenomenon.

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