Talk:Elephant clock

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Innovations
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
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.

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.

Closed-loop system
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.


 * 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)

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