The 350-year-old mystery of why pendulum clocks hanging from the same wall synchronize over time may finally be solved, scientists say. Skip to main content. Open menu Close menu ...

In the 17th century, Christiaan Huygens, inventor of the pendulum clock, noticed a curious phenomenon. When two identical pendulum clocks are mounted next to each other on a wall, their swings ...

An unusual wall clock was offered at a recent auction. It was labeled ''Friesland wall clock with automata, 1800.'' Friesland is a section of Holland where people have been making clocks since the ...

As part of the plant’s outfitting, DuPont purchased several pendulum wall clocks from the E. Ingraham Company of Bristol, Conn., and hung them in various locations around the plant. Ingraham dated to ...

Q: My husband and I purchased a beautiful Howard Miller pendulum wall clock in 1994. It worked well until a few months ago, when it began adding two chimes, one at five minutes before the hour and ...

It is well known pendulum clocks hanging on the same wall synchronize themselves over time. Now researchers at the University of Lisbon have revealed the reason behind the phenomenon: sound waves ...