Time Eater

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Dr. John Taylor unveiled The Corpus Clock last month in Cambridge with the help of Stephen Hawking. The mechanical clock is a new take on the grasshopper escapement invented by John Harrison in 1725; the escape wheel is modeled after a chronophage, or time eater, that appears to devour the seconds shown on the LED illuminated disks. The inscription echoes the clock's reminder that tme is relative: "The world is passing away, with its desire." (Vulgate 1 John 2:17).

Creative Commons image:  "Corpus Clock Reflections" by Slideshow Bob on Flickr.

 

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Smiling Sync

Of course this article would find my eyes after a breakfast conversation about this clock just this morning! We (my partner and I) would like to see a compliment to this clock....perhaps a beautiful goddess giving birth to the seconds eaten by the chronophage.

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Jenn, I think that would

Jenn, I think that would actually be a prettyfucking cool installment!!!

 

 

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fantastic... a chrono

fantastic... a chrono "trigger"...

 

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I like clocks...

any and all, I ignore them and yet I love them, clocks are cool...maybe I was John Harrison...longtitude established, now we know where we are, few realize what an amazing accomplishment that was!