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Corpus Clock

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Corpus Clock

Name: Corpus Clock
Rating: 2

Recommended by 34 hikers

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Location: Cambridgeshire, East Of England, England, United Kingdom

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1. Corpus Clock – Grantchester Meadows Footpath loop from Grantchester

9.62km

02:28

40m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. King's College Chapel – Trinity College Chapel loop from The Willows

7.63km

01:57

30m

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3. Trinity College Chapel – Corpus Clock loop from Cambridge

4.36km

01:08

20m

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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Bumble-Bee

July 9, 2019

The gold eyelids travel across the eye and disappear again in an instant; if you are not watching carefully you will not even notice... Sometimes you will even see two blinks in quick succession. The Blink is performed by a hidden spring drive, controlled in the best tradition of seventeenth century clockmakers of London. The spring is coiled up inside a housing that can be seen mounted on the large gearwheel visibly protruding from the bottom of the mechanism. As the huge pendulum below the Clock rocks the Chronophage as he steps round the great escapewheel, each backward and forward movement is used by sprag clutches to wind up the drive spring. A position step prevents the spring from being overwound yet allows the spring to be ready at an instant to drive the Blink. The mechanism is released by a countwheel with semi random spacing so the Blink takes place at any position in the to- and fro- motion of the pendulum. A further countwheel mechanism chooses a single or a double blink whilst the air damper at the top of the gear train slows the action to a realistic pace.

(Taylor "The Corpus Clock". The Pelican, Corpus Christi College alumni magazine (Easter Term edition). pp. 20–21.)

Bettina

June 3, 2019

The surface of the clock is gilded! It is striking that the clock has no hands, but you can still read the time, if you look closely: There are three LED rings, of which the innermost indicates the hours, the middle of the minutes and the outer seconds. There are other special features that can be found on the website of Corpus Christi College.

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Craig

December 20, 2018

The Corpus Clock in Cambridge is a highly recommended stop while exploring the Cambridge town center. The grasshopper model occasionally blinks and does some other surprising things if you stick around long enough to notice them.

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1. Corpus Clock – Grantchester Meadows Footpath loop from Grantchester

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