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The Strasbourg Cathedral Astronomical Clock 1xPiP

The Strasbourg Cathedral Astronomical Clock  1xPiP
After the mechanism had been out of action for 50 years, Jean-Baptiste Schwilgué was commissioned to renovate it in 1836. Work began in 1838 and lasted until 1842, when a completely new movement was constructed, whose functions were unique in the world. The renovated and renewed clock displays the Earth's orbit, the moon's orbit and the orbits of the planets Mercury to Saturn. A unique gear train, calculates the base date for the moving holidays during the night of Sivester.
The record for the slowest rotating gears is held by the gear train, which simulates the precession of the earth's axis, one rotation takes place in 25,800 years.

Misou 49, Erhard Bernstein, Nouchetdu38, Stephen Blanchard and 25 other people have particularly liked this photo


10 comments - The latest ones
 Trudy Tuinstra
Trudy Tuinstra club
very nice
5 years ago.
 Alexander Prolygin
Alexander Prolygin club
Unique mechanism
5 years ago.
 J.Garcia
J.Garcia club
Very interesting, indee!
Thanks for sharing, Aschi!
5 years ago.
 Jenny McIntyre
Jenny McIntyre club
Was für eine erstaunliche Uhr. Ich bin nicht überrascht, dass es so lange gedauert hat, zumal es vor fast 200 Jahren war. Selbst heutzutage würde es mit all der Technologie, die wir haben, sehr lange dauern, um genau zu sein.
5 years ago.
 Rosalyn Hilborne
Rosalyn Hilborne
Outstanding shots Aschi!
5 years ago.
 Dinesh
Dinesh club
Thanks for the write
5 years ago.
 Horizon 36
Horizon 36 club
Great capture, well done
5 years ago.
 Margrit May Berger (♫ SwissMay)
Margrit May Berger (…
Wunderbar passend für den Jahreswechsel!
5 years ago.
 Keith Burton
Keith Burton club
Such a beautiful clock.............and very well captured Aschi.
5 years ago.
 Stephen Blanchard
Stephen Blanchard
Will humanity still exist?
5 years ago.

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