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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=190020611-30102007>It is a weight driven
clock so what connection between the height of the weights and the speed?
Might I suggest it could even be faster low down because of the
contribution from the weight of the extra deployed winding
cable.</SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Mike
Chester<BR><B>Sent:</B> 30 October 2007 09:35<BR><B>To:</B>
bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Bell Historians] French
clocks.<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P>--- In <A
href="mailto:bellhistorians%40yahoogroups.com">bellhistorians@<WBR>yahoogroups.<WBR>com</A>,
Frank King <Frank.King@<WBR>...> <BR>wrote:<BR>> A well-known English
example is the clock of<BR>> Great Court in Trinity College,
Cambridge.<BR>> This is well known because of the associated<BR>>
challenge: Can you run round Great Court in<BR>> less time than it takes the
clock to chime<BR>> and strike 12? You are allowed to include<BR>> both
lots of striking.<BR>> <BR>A 19 year old student, Sam Dobbin made it round in
time on 20th <BR>October. Only the 3rd person to do so, apparently. You have 43
seconds <BR>to do 367 metres. The other two were enobled and were Olympians! Seb
<BR>Coe was only said to "beat the clock" because he dipped under 43
<BR>seconds. However, they had wound the clock the previous day and it <BR>went
a bit quicker than it might otherwise have chimed and he did not <BR>quite beat
the final "bong"!<BR><BR>Mike<BR><BR></P></DIV><!--End group email --></BODY></HTML>
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