Pendulum clocks swinging in exactly the opposite direction from each other. The 350-year-old mystery of why pendulum clocks hanging from the same wall synchronize over time may finally be solved, ...

Hang two pendulum clocks on the same wall, and over time, something strange will happen: the two clocks will tick in synchrony. Renowned Dutch scientist Christiaan Huygens, the inventor of the ...

Christiaan Huygens was a busy scholar. Among his many achievements, the Dutch scientist figured out the shape of Saturn's rings and discovered that planet's largest moon, Titan. He founded the theory ...

The fact that pairs of moving pendulums can become synchronized was first observed by the great Dutch scientist Christiaan Huygens back in the 17th century. But as Jonatan Pena Ramirez and Henk ...

COLUMBIA — Bob King connects with history every day. As owner of Pendulum Bob's Clock Shop at 1400 Forum Blvd., King examines clocks handcrafted as early as the 1830s and brings their broken parts ...

The 350-year-old mystery of why pendulum clocks hanging from the same wall synchronize over time may finally be solved, scientists say. In 1665, Dutch physicist Christiaan Huygens, inventor of the ...