Thread: 38,880,000 and still counting.

The Harrisons gave us all so much, what a shame the British Government tried to deny them their rightful rewards?

Mind numbing indeed!

It makes you think dont it.
I wouldn't mind a dollar fot each time!

Catch ya
Andrew

Hi Hobbyhorse , THe naked clock I made ,coming up to three years ago, taking off , holidays etc, must be getting close to 70,000,000, clicks on the escape wheel.
Not showing any signs of wear, but the pallets and teeth are nicely polished.
regards John

As I said before John, the numbers are mind numbing.

Will be interested to hear how you get on with your clock under development. One of Clayton Boyer's clocks called the "Lolli" is designed to work at ,I think, 120 beats per minute. I have the plans but have not yet got into it. I do have his "Inclination" started but I am away for three months from next weekend and it will have to wait.

Regards,

Rhys.

Originally Posted by Hobbyhorse

Hi all.
I just happened to be sitting in front of my computer with a calculator in my hand and calculated the number of times the escape wheel on the clock pictured has released since it began working in in September 2007.

1 Day 86400
1 Month 2,592.000
1 year 31,436,000
Total to date 38,880,000.

The figures are somewhat mind numbing, especially when you consider that some of the clocks built by the Harrisons in the 1700s have been running for 300 years on wooden cogs, shafts and bearing surfaces.

Rhys.

Which means if they have the same count as yours then they have beat over 11,664,000,000 --- that reads at eleven billion, six hundred and sixty four million beats on the wooden part....... assumining it never needed to be replaced


Holy clacking wooden cogs batman....