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A problem of astronomical proportion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 September 2016

P. Harvey
P. Harvey*
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Lincoln College of Technology
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It is easy to design simple gearing enabling a clock or instrument to indicate hours, minutes and seconds, since the ratios are ‘man-made’ integers. If an instrument is required to indicate astronomical data we find that nature is not so considerate, and the gearing presents an interesting problem.

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The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 60 , Issue 414 , December 1976, pp. 263 - 269
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Copyright © Mathematical Association 1976

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