[time-nuts] Question for the cesium nuts.

[Magnus Danielson]

From: "Rick Karlquist" <richard at karlquist.com>
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Question for the cesium nuts.
Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2007 13:48:11 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <24661.204.213.79.145.1174164491.squirrel at webmail.sonic.net>

Rick,

> That project made it as far as a pilot run of a half dozen
> working prototypes and assignment of a model number, but HP never
> sold any of them.  I still have one of these "valuable"
> collector's items :-)
> 
> You probably never heard of the HP 5063
> cesium either, but that's another story...

Isn't that the Navy cesium? To handle the physical shocks of the big 12 inch
canons if I recall correctly.

Cheers,
Magnus