American horological journal, devoted to practical horology (1869)
Miller, George B · New York, G. B. Miller · leaf 241
ticated instances where a number ofclocks, placed in close proximity to eachother, would, under certain conditions, dis-turb each others motion. The one wouldstop the pendulum of the other, and after atime the stopped pendulum would resume itsvibration, and in its turn stop the others ;and so they… … two supports (the walls of a room for in-stance), and, from somewhere near the centreof the cord, suspend two balls on two piecesof cord of equal length, in the same manneras shown in the diagram. If we set the oneball vibrating while the other is at rest, themoving ball will immediately…
Clocks and watches
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