The Steampunk Clocks of 19th-Century Paris: Discover the Ingenious System That Revolutionized Timekeeping in the 1880s
Briefly

from Open Culture5 months ago
The idea was to have a master clock in the center of Paris that would send out a pulse each minute to synchronize every clock around the city,
Open Culturehttps://www.openculture.com/2024/08/the-steampunk-clocks-of-19th-century-paris.html
The clocks wouldn't have to be powered, the bursts of air would simply move all the clocks in the system forward at the same time.
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