eddy current governor

This is a test of a dead weight drive for a clock; intended as a continuous drive for a clock without escapement. In my opinion, eddy current damping (the resistance felt by a piece of aluminum moving through a magnetic field) is a far better governor than any friction based centrifugal governor. See Dr. Philip Woodward's "My Own Right Time" write-up of Lord Kelvin's clock, which used a continuous drive for both free and slave pendulums. I discovered this after performing this experiment, and think it has great applicability to a unique clock drive.

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Science & Technology

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• clock
• escapement
• governor