Kater's invariable pendulum and clock for gravity observations, Sumatra mb-height 2142 Caracciola was the highly successful

Caracciola was the highly successful Mercedes team's top driver in the 1920s and 1930s

View with two figures and cattle in the foreground

Standing behind the bell stand about to hit one of the bells on the left

George Yard

This cartoon relates to what Punch described as an 'Ineffectual Ablution'

Kater's invariable pendulum and clock for gravity observations, Sumatra mb-height 2142 Caracciola was the highly successfulFront elevation showing the Kater invariable pendulum and supporting frame before a clock as set up at the Madras Observatory and used in John Goldingham's temporary expedition observatory. With a secondary figure showing the distance from the pendulum to the small observing telescope. Figure no. 4 from Report of the length of the pendulum at the equator made on an expedition from the observatory at Madras, by John Goldingham (Madras, 1824). Scale 1