Paris’s Pneumatic Timekeepers: How the City Used Air to Synchronize Every Clock
Did you know that Paris once ran all its clocks using a pneumatic system? In an era when electricity was still a mysterious force, the city devised a clever solution to keep time synchronized across town. Buried pipes sent a burst of air every 60 seconds to move the hands of the clocks forward. This […]
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