Do-It-Yourself Engineering. Episode 22, Make a Mechanical Clock
(2019, original release: 2017)
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PUBLISHED
The Great Courses, 2017
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2019
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2019
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource (streaming video file) (33 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
ISBN/ISSN
6756807
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Title from title frames
The pendulum clock was the standard for precise timekeeping for centuries. Plan and build one using your newly acquired knowledge of gears. Start by exploring why a pendulum keeps accurate time. Then calculate an appropriate pendulum length for the clock. Design the escapement mechanism and gear train, then add a suitable power source to keep the pendulum swinging
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Stephen Ressler
Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2017
Mode of access: World Wide Web
In English