Why ate some clocks slow in summer and fast in winter ?

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Why ate some clocks slow in summer and fast in winter ?..

Answer / sanju

In cheap clocks, the pendulum consists of a metal rod having
a bob at its lower end. The length of the pendulum increases
in hot weather and therefore the swing increases and the
clock begins to run slow. In winter, the swing becomes
smaller due to contraction of the pendulum and the clock
begins to run fast.

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Why ate some clocks slow in summer and fast in winter ?..

Answer / kathiresan

Tonga drivers pour water over iron rims so that the iron rim contracts on cooling and gets attached to the wooden tightly and firmly.

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Why ate some clocks slow in summer and fast in winter ?..

Answer / nihal pandey

Because in summer rims expand when it heat so they pour water so that rims contract and attached to the wooden tightly

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Why ate some clocks slow in summer and fast in winter ?..

Answer / bob

Sanju is correct. In more sophisticated pendulum-based
clocks there are ways to compensate for this so that the
pendulum is always the same length even with temperature
change.

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