Talk:Elephant clock
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Innovations[edit]
I took out the following sections, since they clearly aren't innovations. The "flow regulator" is a device more commonly known as a "hole". All water clocks inevitably have some kind of flow regulator. I strongly suspect that this article has confused the Elephant clock "regulator" with the more sophisticated system of the "first clock". Nor does "closed loop" appear at all appropriate; the bit talked about there is the driving mechanism, so obviously *not* closed. Someone has been copying without understanding William M. Connolley (talk) 23:26, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
Flow regulator[edit]
This was the first mechanism to employ a flow regulator, which was used here to determine the time when the clock strikes at hourly intervals. The hourly intervals were determined with the use of a small opening in a submersible float, which was calibrated to give the required rates of flow under different water rates.[1]
The float regulator later had an important influence during the Industrial Revolution of the 18th century, when it was employed in the boiler of a steam engine and in domestic water distribution systems.[2]
Closed-loop system[edit]
This appears to be the earliest example of a closed-loop system in a mechanism. The clock functioned as long as there were metal balls in its magazine.[1]
- If they are not "innovations", you could have just said so in the article. That's not a good enough reason to remove entire sections. Jagged 85 (talk) 08:11, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
References
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
FSTCwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Ahmad Y Hassan, Transfer Of Islamic Technology To The West, Part II: Transmission Of Islamic Engineering
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