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La salle du contrepoids - Phare de Cordouan
Cette salle a accueilli, jusqu’en 1987, le contrepoids qui servait à rythmer le feu dans la lanterne.
Un contrepoids entraînait une machine de rotation, entraînant elle-même un cache tournant autour de l’ampoule, permettant ainsi d’alterner lumière et obscurité.
Le phare de Cordouan a été l’un des premiers au monde à employer cette technique issue de l’horlogerie.
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Until 1987, this room housed the counterweight which was used to give rhythm to the fire in the light.
A counterweight dragged a rotating machine which in turn dragged a cover that rotated around the lightbulb which thus allowed for alternating between light and darkness.
Cordouan lighthouse was one of the first in the world to use this technique taken from the science of watchmaking.
source: www.phare-de-cordouan.fr
La salle du contrepoids - Phare de Cordouan
Cette salle a accueilli, jusqu’en 1987, le contrepoids qui servait à rythmer le feu dans la lanterne.
Un contrepoids entraînait une machine de rotation, entraînant elle-même un cache tournant autour de l’ampoule, permettant ainsi d’alterner lumière et obscurité.
Le phare de Cordouan a été l’un des premiers au monde à employer cette technique issue de l’horlogerie.
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Until 1987, this room housed the counterweight which was used to give rhythm to the fire in the light.
A counterweight dragged a rotating machine which in turn dragged a cover that rotated around the lightbulb which thus allowed for alternating between light and darkness.
Cordouan lighthouse was one of the first in the world to use this technique taken from the science of watchmaking.
source: www.phare-de-cordouan.fr