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GREGORY L. BAKER
Bryn Athyn College of the New Church,
Pennsylvania, USA
and
JAMES A. BLACKBURN
Wilfrid Laurier University,
Ontario, Canada
OXFORD
UNIVERSITY PRESS
Contents
1 Introduction
Coupled pendulums
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Chaotic coupled pendulums
7.2.1 Two-state model (all or nothing)
7.2.2 Other models
7.3 Applications
7.3.1 Synchronization machine
7.3.2 Secure communication
7.3.3 Control of the chaotic pendulum
7.3.4 A final weirdness
7.4 Exercises
Contents xi
10 pendulum
The p e n d u l u m clock 233
10.1 Clocks before the pendulum 233
10.2 Development of the pendulum clock 235
10.2.1 Galileo (1564-1642) 235
10.2.2 Huygens (1629-1695) 235
10.2.3 The seconds pendulum and the meter:
An historical note 244
10.2.4 Escapements 246
10.2.5 Temperature compensation 249
10.2.6 The most accurate pendulum clock ever made 252
10.3 Reflections 255
10.4 Exercises 255
A Pendulum Q 258
A.I Free pendulum 258
A.2 Resonance 259
A. 3 Some numbers from the real world 261
B The i n v e r t e d p e n d u l u m 263
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Bibliography 276
Index 286