The pendulum clock

Oct 18, 2019

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The pendulum clock is a kind of clock, invented by the Dutch physicist Christiaan Huygens in 1656 [1], manufactured according to the law of single pendulum, using pendulum to control other parts, making the clock go faster and evenly. , generally can report. The oscillating pendulum is oscillated by the mutual transformation of gravitational potential energy and kinetic energy. Simply put, if you pull the pendulum up, it will sway down due to gravity, and it will have a speed after reaching the lowest position, it is impossible to stop directly there. (It's like the brake can't stop immediately.) Because of inertia, it will continue to cross the lowest position, and swinging to the highest position will swing back because gravity causes it to decelerate to 0, and this clock throws a downward acceleration. So reciprocating, it kept swinging. According to the above description, the pendulum can swing forever, but due to the resistance, it will gradually decrease and finally stop. So use a spring to provide energy to make it swing. The structure of the pendulum clock can be roughly divided into a walking part, a striking part, a pointer part, and a striking control part.

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