[time-nuts] time nuts 1690's style

[chris at chriscaudle.org]

   I just saw this article from a couple of weeks ago which describes how
   the first highly accurate clocks imported to America did not run at the
   correct rate, and left the clockmakers scratching their heads at the
   time.

   [1]https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/physics-first-clock-america-
   failed/

   It is a pop-sci type article, no citations provided, so I wouldn't be
   surprised if it turned out that the experienced clock makers of the
   time actually did know that "of course you have to recalibrate your
   pendulum if you move to the Alps or move to Cairo" but apparently the
   customers in Boston didn't know that and were mad their clock was
   seemingly broken on the journey from Holland to the colonies, but
   worked perfectly fine when they sent it back to the clock maker for
   repair.

   -- Chris Caudle

References

   1. https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/physics-first-clock-america-failed/