[time-nuts] The Original Time Nut
Arnold Tibus
Arnold.Tibus at gmx.de
Fri Feb 22 22:23:13 UTC 2008
On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 21:20:18 +0100, Jan Fredriksson wrote:
>Can anyone point to some good reading on John Harrison,
>who in the 18th century devoted his life to making the best
>timekeepers ever built and who also constructed and built
>the first usable marine chronometer.
I liked the book 'Longitude' very much - an excellent story!
"I think I may make bold to say that there is neither any other
Mechanism or Mathematical thing in the World that is more
beautiful or curious in texture than this my [longitude] Time-keeper."
(by John Harrison)
Question,
aren't such clocks already a kind of 'digital' clocks,
using ecapement mechanismn to force the drive to run
stepwise alike run by dripping water?
regards
Arnold
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