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Subject: Re: Earthquakes and pendulum clocks
From: Doug Crice dcrice@............
Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 07:20:28 -0800


In the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, my pendulum clock fell over on its
face and the weights went the glass, so I guess you could say the
earthquake stopped it. It's now screwed to the wall, but the mechanism
is still flakey.

Doug

BOB BARNS wrote:
> 
> Hi gang,
>   There is an interesting story about earthquakes and pendulum clocks
> at:
> 
>   http://www.bmumford.com/mset/tech/quake/
>
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