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The Corpus Clock
    #8960154 - 09/20/08 06:49 PM (15 years, 7 months ago)

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A £1m clock called the "time eater" has been unveiled at Cambridge University by Professor Stephen Hawking.

The author of A Brief History of Time was guest of honour when the unique clock, which has no hands or numbers, was revealed at Corpus Christi College.

Dubbed the strangest clock in the world, it features a giant grasshopper and has 60 slits cut into its face which light up to show the time.

Its creator John Taylor said he "wanted to make timekeeping interesting".

The Corpus Clock will stand outside the college's library and will be on view to the public.



http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7625815.stm


Definitely the coolest clock I've ever seen. It's a fantastic mixture of engineering and art.



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Re: The Corpus Clock [Re: zouden]
    #8960359 - 09/20/08 07:38 PM (15 years, 7 months ago)

fucking christ.
I just had to write a paper on the discovery of longitude by harrison, which involved the grasshopper escapement.

Truly amazing.


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