liquid clock

19 July 2006

waterclock.jpg
a 8m (26.5 feet) high clock that displays time as colored & filled up water vessels, using 260l (70 gallons) of a solution of water, methyl alcohol & food coloring. the alcohol prevents algae & fungus from growing inside the pipes while the food coloring allows visitors to see the clock’s function more clearly.
see also moniac machine.
[childrensmuseum.org & europa-center-berlin.de & marcdatabase.com|via luckypix.com]

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Since I live in Indiana and have a four-year old, I am very familiar with this clock. It is definitely beautiful and functional. When the time changes from 12:59 to 1:00 it is very dynamic and always draws a crowd. In the spring, Indiana started following DST and they had use a spigot to change the hour manually.

Storygeek . 19 July 2006

I saw a similar clock in Andorra in the spring of 1992. Sitting in a mall somewhere. It was snowing, we had a cup of coffee, and spent an hour or so figuring out the pressure and vacuum system of the clock. I doubt a picture exists, though...

mc . 20 July 2006

A follow up on the creator of this and the clock in Andorra, you can go to http://www.marcdatabase.com/~lemur/dm-gitton.html for more information...

mc . 20 July 2006

This is a really intriguing clock! "Shopping Iguatemi", in São Paulo - Brasil, has one of these too, with green water.

Fabio Terracini . 23 July 2006

This is a really intriguing clock! "Shopping Iguatemi", in São Paulo - Brasil, has one of these too, with green water.

Fabio Terracini . 23 July 2006

Interesting... the Shopping Iguatemi in Porto Alegre (Brazil) has one too...

aristofeles . 25 July 2006

I live in Indy and this thing is cool to see!

Jeremy . 25 July 2006

There's also one in the Europa Center in Berlin. I spend an hour looking at it one day, trying to figure out enough to build one of my own. If anyone wants any hi-res pictures though...

usbcd36 . 9 August 2006

I have seen water clock in Kuwait with my kids. It is very good. and amzing to see it working...Everyone should have a look at it once..

Anil Kumar . 28 January 2007

The clock shown is in the Indianapolis, Indiana Children's Museum.

john . 16 July 2007

hey.. that is kool... could u tell me how 2 make a simple basic water clock?

franklin . 22 September 2007

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