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[chalker]

Anyone have a good source on the length of a jiffy, shake, glass, fortnight, lustrum, blink, etc? It was tested on the northview test, and I can't find much on them.

Wikipedia is always a good place to start: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_of_time

[syo_astro]

Chalker is most definitely right of course. Heh, I also still find it funny to see things like "lengths" of time, but anyway. There are other resources too on the wiki, and a good google can help. Don't think I can add much else unless you have a more specific question, but hope to help if you do!

[Toms_42]

Anyone have a good source on the length of a jiffy, shake, glass, fortnight, lustrum, blink, etc? It was tested on the northview test, and I can't find much on them.

Wikipedia is always a good place to start: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_of_time

Now I'm ashamed I missed that article haha.
I still can't find the length of a glass though....

[syo_astro]

Anyone have a good source on the length of a jiffy, shake, glass, fortnight, lustrum, blink, etc? It was tested on the northview test, and I can't find much on them.

Wikipedia is always a good place to start: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_of_time

Now I'm ashamed I missed that article haha.
I still can't find the length of a glass though....

From my Fermi days, I have this: https://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/dictG.html. But note I got that just by googling "glass, time unit". My advice was there too, a good google search .

[Toms_42]

Wikipedia is always a good place to start: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_of_time

Now I'm ashamed I missed that article haha.
I still can't find the length of a glass though....

From my Fermi days, I have this: https://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/dictG.html. But note I got that just by googling "glass, time unit". My advice was there too, a good google search .

thanks for the help, I guess I'm just really bad at googling I only got results about insulation...

[phil9047]

Hey guys, where would I be able to buy gears for a pendulum clock?

[syo_astro]

Hey guys, where would I be able to buy gears for a pendulum clock?

Before bothering to use and better yet buying gears look into designing a bit. You don't NEED to buy gears for sure. I mean by that there's various designs even just using a pure pendulum that could be cheaper. Outside that, there are places where you might think you need to buy gears, but you could fit in a substitute if you know where to look (ie. youtube, google, pals at a hardware store, etc may have a variety of tips). I'm making that only for the point of cost-effectiveness (since when making any design you want to look into cost vs. benefits). Alright, since you probably just want an answer (that I generously got from google and my memory):
http://www.sdp-si.com/estore/coverpg/gears.htm
http://www.mcmaster.com/
https://www.motionindustries.com/taxono ... /browse/en

Be warned that's hardly an exhaustive list, and for sure there's other sources. You can even look up at homedepot or visit a local hardware store if there is one, google around more, and do what you have to do to see where would be best to buy. A last alternative is just to even use simpler parts like from lego! Others can add if they like, and if you still have problems please say. Hope that helped!

[Metasepia_pfefferi]

Are we allowed to have multiple pendulums that work independent of each other for our device?

[syo_astro]

Are we allowed to have multiple pendulums that work independent of each other for our device?

Read the rules, and I believe this question is answered directly under event parameters (from what I can tell of what you mean by "multiple pendulums"). How many devices you can use along with other constraints are answered, but you can submit a question at soinc.org if you're not sure. Asking that type of question here may get you an answer (as I hope it did in this case), but that's because it was answered in the rules. Make sure you read them carefully!

[elephantower]

Metasepia: Yes, my partner and I had the same question, and we emailed soinc for confirmation. You can indeed have multiple independent pendulums; as long as they fit into the alloted space.