The Corpus Clock is a thing of terrifying beauty:
The brainchild of Dr John Taylor, a fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, the unique timepiece uses the rare grasshopper escapement (the thing at the top) to regulate the ticking, like the early clocks of renowned clockmaker John Harrison. Incorporated into grasshopper design, the aim is, according to its creator, to make a ‘Chronophage’ (time-eater): “a fearsome beast which drives the clock, literally “eating away time”.
It’s certainly striking – the gothic look of the grasshopper, the time-eater, a stark contrast to the beautiful, eternal, gold disc of time beneath it. Certainly something to make the streets of Cambridge that little more fascinating. The clock will be officially unveiled tomorrow by that other master of time, Professor Stephen Hawking. More coverage and some video can be found over at The Guardian.
