Thursday, December 3

Hydrogen clock.

Italy c. 1833.

In the Clockmakers Museum.

This clock contained sulphuric acid in the glass jar and zinc pellets in the brass spiral. As the weight driven movement ran down, a pellet was released into the acid. The build-up of hydrogen in the jar drove a piston upwards, and rewound the movement.

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