[time-nuts] Regulator Clock

[Bill Hawkins]

Well, yes. They showed the owner, who had the clock "restored" and
removed those pesky wires and contacts that once sent telegraph
time signals.

Not as bad as the disaster in Northfield, MN (S of the Twin Cities)
where a guy drilling holes for Cat 5 cables broke the vacuum jar
of a Reifler clock, and nobody thought anything of it.

Sigh.

Bill Hawkins


-----Original Message-----
From: time-nuts-bounces at febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com] On
Behalf Of J. Forster
Sent: Monday, September 13, 2010 8:19 PM
To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
Subject: [time-nuts] Regulator Clock

The PBS show "The History Detectives" just ran a piece on a nineteenth
century, mercury pendulum, regulator clock.

I think the show is on the PBS web site.

Best,

-John