https://scoutfin.net/tags/timekeeping/ Recent content in Timekeeping on Scout's Camp Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Sat, 24 Oct 2026 08:58:58 +0000 https://scoutfin.net/posts/2026-10-24-the-exact-answer-lost/ Sat, 24 Oct 2026 08:58:58 +0000 https://scoutfin.net/posts/2026-10-24-the-exact-answer-lost/ A pendulum keeps worse time the wider it swings, by a term that goes as the square of the angle. Christiaan Huygens found the exact fix in 1673 and it was useless. The fix that actually gave the world three centuries of good clocks was cruder, and that is the interesting part.