Another oddity

[Octane]

http://youtu.be/JWToUATLGzs

:O

Courtesy of G+.

H

[MrB]

Love how an oscillation is set up in the table and forces the the rest to fall in line. Very cool.

Don't be surprised if you see this pop-up in your FB news feed ;)

[Larryp]

That's fascinating!

[MrB]

Ok, trivia time... who (according to wikipedia) discovered this phenomenon?
(Clue: The name is well known in Astronomy ;) )

[Octane]

Is it Kepler?

H

[Barrykgerdes]

Fascinating isn't it?

The same sort of thing happens in electronics between oscillators. We used to call it proximity lock.

Barry

[MrB]

H, Nup ;)

Barry, is that by inductive coupling?

[bartman]

Metronome 8-2 ....pull yourself into beat!!!!!!!
Rebel Metronome!!!!!!
bartmna

[Miaplacidus]

Newton?

Just what I always suspected. I've played along to countless metronomes. Never found one that could keep time. :rolleyes:

[MrB]

Hehe, no not Newton either.
Hmmm, another clue?
After Kepler, before Newton. Dutch.

[Octane]

Brahe?

[MrB]

Big clue:
Titan ;)

[MrB]

Oh well, thought a few more people would have had a go and made it fun, but it's probably just annoying now :D

Christiaan Huygens (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christiaan_Huygens)
Odd sympathy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odd_sympathy)
Coupled oscillations (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coupled_oscillation#Coupled_oscilla tions)

[bartman]

Twasnt me........

[bloodhound31]

Why is it that the least exciting things interest me the most? That was very interesting H, thanks for posting.