[SEL] O.T. But possibly of interest - Old Technology

[Alan Bowen]

Really nice work there, Larry.

The assembled clock sure looks better than the pile of it's parts. 8>))
I showed the parts pictures to my wife & daughter.  They agreed it looked like a pile of junk.
Then a look at the assembled clock got a response of, "Cool,,,,."  8>)))))

Is the deep pit still there to run it?
Will it be set up so it can be run or will it just be there as a static display?
IMHO it would be a LOT more memorable if the public saw it running.

Alan Bowen
Williamsburg, Michigan


--- Larry Evans <lfevans at pacbell.net> wrote:

> As a lot of you know I get involved in various projects at the Mt. Wilson 
> Observatory.
> 
> Recently I have been helping to reassemble and restore the clockwork 
> mechanism that allowed the 60-inch telescope to track an object in the 
> sky.  In the early years it often took several hours to expose the 
> photographic plates and of course the telescope had to be kept moving 
> during the exposure to compensate for the rotation of the earth.  Take a 
> look at:
> http://www.oldengine.org/members/levans/60clock/
> to see some pictures of this device which was in use from 1908 - 1968.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Larry Evans
> Arcadia, Southern California, USA
> MailTo:LFEVANS at pacbell.net
> http://www.oldengine.org/members/levans/ 



		
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