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In a similar spirit to Ganson's piece is the wonderful work of the  
Long Now foundation. There is a prototype of The Clock of the Long  
Now on display at The Science Museum London, and the foundation has  
opened a public space at Fort Mason in San Francisco.

See  http://www.longnow.org/

But no hurry!

Tom Nielsen
The Exhibit Guys Inc.



On Jun 26, 2006, at 11:25 AM, Jon Markowitz Bijur wrote:

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> MIT Museum has a mechanical sculpture by Arthur Ganson that puts 12  
> 50:1 worm gear/gear in a row. The first worm is turned by a 212 RPM  
> motor. The last axle is embedded in a block of concrete. The  
> concrete will make a full rotation once every
>
> 1/212 * 50^12 minutes, or 2.2 trillion years
>
> Like the rest of the "Arthur Ganson: Gestural Engineering" gallery,  
> this piece is installed on a simple pedestal against a flat  
> background. Adjacent are two small wall text panels, one with title  
> and materials (as befitting its sculptural nature) and one about  
> how long it will take to turn the concrete block a full rotation. A  
> few pictures are available on Flickr:
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/donjuanna/139558973/
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/donjuanna/139559034/
>
> This exhibit is a perpetual favorite and conversation starter. It  
> gets a number of different audiences, families talking about  
> mechanical engineering and math but also people talking very  
> philosophically about time and art.
>
> Jon
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