[time-nuts] Hello

Poul-Henning Kamp phk at phk.freebsd.dk
Wed Mar 21 23:37:48 UTC 2007


In message <011401c76be8$32c27d20$98477760$@org>, "Jack Hudler" writes:
>It been mentioned here before;
>http://www.febo.com/pipermail/time-nuts/2004-September/017484.html
>
>It's a book about Alfred Loomis. 
>I remember (forgive my old memory) reading about his use of 3 pendulum
>clocks and his discovering that varying the proximal distances had an effect
>on drift.

Wonderful book, highly recommended.

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