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What is the purpose of a pendulum in pendulum clocks?
The purpose of a pendulum in a pendulum clock is that it uses its weight as a way to keep accurate and precise time. When it swings back and forth the weight keeps it going at the same time every time making for more accurate timekeeping.
What do you use pendulum for?
The pendulum has been used mainly as a timing device, and is part of the structure of a grandfather clock (of course, we have more compact, efficient, and accurate clocks now, but the older technology still has a certain nostalgic charm).
What advantages are there to having a wall clock that operates on a pendulum?
Many wall clocks function from an internal gear that keeps the time smooth, yet erratic. However, clocks that incorporate a pendulum are much more accurate. The reason is that pendulums always have a set period regardless of the cord length, thus by the laws of physics they are subject to remain at a constant beat and keep tie extremely efficiently. In addition, a pendulum functioned wall clock is very quiet and offers a sense of silence unlike that of its gear operated counterpart.
What are the uses of simple pendulum?
Actually the simple pendulum isn't used much any more. But in earlier times the periodicity of the pendulum was used to drive the gears of mechanical clock; like the old grandfather clock that stood in the home of the rich back in the 1800s. Because the period of a pendulum was fairly stable and constant, it made an excellent source of energy for clockworks. But now clocks are driven by much more precise means, like crystals and atomic disintegration. And this is true in general; pendulums have been replaced by more precise means of providing periodic energy.
What is the amount of error when using a stopwatch in the simple pendulum experiment and by repeating the amount of swings when timing does this make it more accurate?
no.
What is the purpose of a pendulum in pendulum clocks?
The purpose of a pendulum in a pendulum clock is that it uses its weight as a way to keep accurate and precise time. When it swings back and forth the weight keeps it going at the same time every time making for more accurate timekeeping.
What do you use pendulum for?
The pendulum has been used mainly as a timing device, and is part of the structure of a grandfather clock (of course, we have more compact, efficient, and accurate clocks now, but the older technology still has a certain nostalgic charm).
How has the clock progressed?
Clocks have become more accurate and much cheaper
What advantages are there to having a wall clock that operates on a pendulum?
Many wall clocks function from an internal gear that keeps the time smooth, yet erratic. However, clocks that incorporate a pendulum are much more accurate. The reason is that pendulums always have a set period regardless of the cord length, thus by the laws of physics they are subject to remain at a constant beat and keep tie extremely efficiently. In addition, a pendulum functioned wall clock is very quiet and offers a sense of silence unlike that of its gear operated counterpart.
Who is the creator of making a clock?
The original 'water clocks' and sundials are ideas taken from old civilizations. But the more recent ones run by pendulum or by springs were hypothesized by Robert Hooke. He worked on the principle of springs and defined and improved the then pendulum. So, he might be called the founder of clocks.
What are the uses of simple pendulum?
Actually the simple pendulum isn't used much any more. But in earlier times the periodicity of the pendulum was used to drive the gears of mechanical clock; like the old grandfather clock that stood in the home of the rich back in the 1800s. Because the period of a pendulum was fairly stable and constant, it made an excellent source of energy for clockworks. But now clocks are driven by much more precise means, like crystals and atomic disintegration. And this is true in general; pendulums have been replaced by more precise means of providing periodic energy.
Is an analog clock more accurate than a digital clock?
Digital clocks will be the most accurate because its computer operated.
Why has the manufacture of sundials continued after the invention of clocks?
They are more accurate and add a touch of style to a garden
Are Gridiron Pendulums used in clocks. And if so what kind of clocks?
Gridiron pendulums where first perfected by John Harrison in the eighteenth century. They were devised to compensate for the loss of accuracy due to expansion or contraction due to heat or cold in a clock. They where made of a number of steel and brass rods (with slightly different cooefficients of thermal expansion), working in different directions so that the pendulum would be mantained at a given length whatever the temperature, thus providing a better timekeeper. Historically the gridiron pendulum has been fitted to more expensive accurate clocks, usually longcase clocks. I am sure they have been fitted to just about any clock to improve accuracy, but those clocks with a longer pendulum lend themselves to the gridiron. Nowadays, with the development of Invar steel, which has virtually no expansion due to heat, there is little need for the gridiron. However because the gridiron can look appealing you can still see it in clocks made today, especially Vienna style wall clocks.
Why did clocks improve over the years?
More accurate, smaller, longer lasting, less expensive, portable.
What is the amount of error when using a stopwatch in the simple pendulum experiment and by repeating the amount of swings when timing does this make it more accurate?
no.
When a pendulum clock is taken from sea level to the top of a high mountain it will?
..weigh less and the pendulum will swing at a slower rate. It might become more valuable (high mountain areas have less access to fine clocks than many sea level communities).
