№ 098 · 09·A6

Time is not fundamental

1997– · Spinfoams

Idea

09 of 10

Layout

Route A · matrix · seed 5

Theme

paper · paper-copy texture

Drawing

Two pendulums, 1.00 m and 0.56 m long, plotted against each other with no time axis: x = cos(2πt/2.006), y = cos(2πt/1.501 + 0.6), 6.02 s.

Figures

• Fig. 9.3Celestial globe, 1695
• Fig. 9.4Sundial, Goldsmith Chandlee, ca. 1800
• Fig. 9.5Pocket watch, Firm of Breguet et Fils, ca. 1900
• Fig. 9.6Portable diptych sundial, Charles Bloud, ca. 1666–80
• Fig. 9.7Sundial, Isaac Johnson, 1731

Format

1680 × 2376 · 1 : 1.414 · AVIF 7 KB / 37 KB / 253 KB

Use

© 2026 Rantasalo & Co. Oy. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0: share unchanged, with credit, non-commercially. Photographs and textures: public domain (CC0), The Metropolitan Museum of Art Open Access.