https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escapement
When I was a kid, I kept trying to figure out how I could make something mechanical that operated at linear speed (like time). I failed. In the absence of batteries, electricity, etc, I was just stumped. I could only get exponential (with regard to position) behavior.
When we were in England a couple of Summers ago, we went to Salisbury Cathedral where they had a foliot and verge escapement clock from the 1300s, and I was instantly like "Damn! That's what I needed to know as a kid!"
At any rate, saw a video on Facebook today where someone was making an escapement based Lego clock, and it reminded me of all the above
https://fb.watch/puqCfcTA8l/
Escapement
Escapement
It's not me, it's someone else.
Escapement
I don't know if you're a bigger nerd or me for checking out the links and being interested.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell