Started by Alistair Grant (@captain_al) ·
Big Ben is adjusted with old pennies
Stacking a penny on the pendulum changes its effective length and speeds the clock up by about 0.4 seconds a day.
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- “big ben pennies pendulum” (google.com)
- Big Ben (en.wikipedia.org)
- Big Ben (en.wikipedia.org)
- Pendulum (en.wikipedia.org)
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