Re: Leap Second Quiz Question

Frank King wrote: > The U.K. telephone-service speaking clock gets it right too but only by > a fudge. You hear: > > At the thiiird stroke... > > with a bit of noise in "third"! The recording I have heard has the usual three pips, but with two seconds between the

Re: Leap Second Quiz Question

Happy New Year to one and all, The University Clock has gained 0.5 seconds against UTC in the past week but is now 2.0 seconds ahead of UTC because of the leap second. If Frank removed coins in accordance with the LWG for 0.5 seconds, then the clock's rate would be rectified but the clock would

RE: Leap Second Quiz Question

Dear All, Many interesting comments... David Brown wrote: > ...the place where you add/remove the coins > is below the current C.G. This is a theoretical possibility but all the large pendulum clocks I have looked at have an annular tray round the shaft ABOVE the pendulum bob... There are

Re: Re[2]: Leap Second Quiz Question

.com> Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2017 7:20 AM To: "Frank King" <f...@cl.cam.ac.uk>; <sundial@uni-koeln.de> Subject: Re[2]: Leap Second Quiz Question Frank wrote: <> I was at a talk recently by a guy who was promoting the use of tidal energy. (You know what

Re: Leap Second Quiz Question

rom: sundial <sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de> on behalf of Dave Bell <db...@thebells.net> Sent: Sunday, January 1, 2017 2:24 PM To: 'David'; sundial@uni-koeln.de Subject: RE: Leap Second Quiz Question Logically, tidal power should slow the Earth’s rotation. Mechanical energy, imparted by

RE: Leap Second Quiz Question

. Now, does the extracted energy also slow the Moon's revolution about the Earth? Dave From: sundial [mailto:sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de] On Behalf Of David Sent: Sunday, January 1, 2017 7:19 AM To: sundial@uni-koeln.de Subject: Re: Leap Second Quiz Question On 01/01/2017 12:30, Frank King

Re: Leap Second Quiz Question

On 01/01/2017 12:30, Frank King wrote: Dear All, I hope you all enjoyed the extra second in bed this morning and that your alarm clock didn't go off one second early. Here is an easy question to start off the New Year... Every Sunday at 08:00 I check the first stroke of the hour-bell of the

Re[2]: Leap Second Quiz Question

Frank wrote: <> I was at a talk recently by a guy who was promoting the use of tidal energy. (You know what you are going to get every day was his main theme" At the end he invited questions, so I asked if the generation of electricity by the use of tidal power would slow down the earth or

Re: Leap Second Quiz Question

Dear All, The voting pattern has swung away from 1.5s to 0.5s and we shall see whether this trend continues! There is an embellishment to Mike Shaw's comment: The radio clock stopped for 1 second at midnight This isn't quite what happens. Indeed, there seems not to be a general pattern.

Re: Fw: Leap Second Quiz Question

trick Vyvyan <patrickvyv...@gmail.com> Sent: Sunday, January 1, 2017 9:54 AM To: Richard Langley Subject: Re: Fw: Leap Second Quiz Question 0.5 seconds for me! It's not exactly the fault of your clock's mechanism that due to the foibles of the IERS, the rules of the game have been changed. Every

Re: Leap Second Quiz Question

Well I think I'll go for 0.5 seconds. Frank's clock has apparently gained 1.5 seconds in the week. The radio clock stopped for 1 second at midnight, but Frank's didn't and so gained 1 second. Mike Shaw ---

Fw: Leap Second Quiz Question

@uni-koeln.de> on behalf of Frank King <f...@cl.cam.ac.uk> Sent: Sunday, January 1, 2017 8:30 AM To: sundial@uni-koeln.de Subject: Leap Second Quiz Question Dear All, I hope you all enjoyed the extra second in bed this morning and that your alarm clock didn't go off one second early. He

Leap Second Quiz Question

Dear All, I hope you all enjoyed the extra second in bed this morning and that your alarm clock didn't go off one second early. Here is an easy question to start off the New Year... Every Sunday at 08:00 I check the first stroke of the hour-bell of the University Clock against a