What a project! 86,400 x 16 foot columns spaced 3” apart arranged on a cylinder 3.9 miles in diameter with bigger balls for minutes and bigger still for hours. Magical, and almost as grand as the 10,000 year clock. I will raise a Kickstarter Project immediately ... Seriously though, a small two ball desk-top version would be fun, but you would have to silence the thuds a bit. John

There was a time ball at the entrance to Lyttleton Harbor, NZ. It was damaged in the earthquakes there, but it looks like the community funded the reconstruction of the tower and ball mechanism. I always looked forward to seeing it at the closure of a long cruise (Antarctica). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyttelton_Timeball_Station Brent On Sun, Jan 2, 2022 at 3:57 AM John Moran, Scawby Design < john@scawbydesign.co.uk> wrote: > What a project! > > 86,400 x 16 foot columns spaced 3” apart arranged on a cylinder 3.9 miles > in diameter with bigger balls for minutes and bigger still for hours. > > Magical, and almost as grand as the 10,000 year clock. > > I will raise a Kickstarter Project immediately ... > > Seriously though, a small two ball desk-top version would be fun, but you > would have to silence the thuds a bit. > > John > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com -- To unsubscribe send > an email to time-nuts-leave@lists.febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to and follow the instructions there.