The Chronophage

I’m a bit late coming to the party, but I do want to draw your attention to the marvellous work of engineering art that is the new Corpus Christi clock: the Chronophage. It was unveiled last week by Stephen Hawking. The clock is a gift to the college from John Taylor, a fellow Manxman and inventor. He sounds a most interesting and unassuming individual; I’m sorry that I have never met him in person.

 

Martin Kleppmann has an excellent entry on his blog about the clock and John Taylor, including a video of Taylor himself explaining some of the workings of the clock. Well worth looking at.