Time Beyond The Clock
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How to Build a Clock That Will Keep Running for Ten Thousand Years?
The clock design is meant to keep running for ten thousand years, but it does assume a certain amount of periodic maintenance. The pendulum is powered by by the temperature difference of day to night and synchronized to the sun. It needs some energy from people as well as using the energy of natural cycles like the sun. But if you want to see what time it is, the visitors themselves have to feed power into the clock.
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