Re: [time-nuts] Setting Clocks in the Mid 1800's

2014-11-01 Thread Sanjeev Gupta
On Sat, Nov 1, 2014 at 11:23 AM, Larry McDavid lmcda...@lmceng.com wrote: I gave a presentation on the Dent Dipleidoscope at the Harvard conference of the North American Sundial Society in 2013. If anyone is interested, I can provide a pdf of that presentation. The presentation includes

Re: [time-nuts] Setting Clocks in the Mid 1800's

2014-11-01 Thread paul swed
I would be quite interested in reading your presentation also. Thank you Paul WB8TSL On Sat, Nov 1, 2014 at 3:14 AM, Sanjeev Gupta gha...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Nov 1, 2014 at 11:23 AM, Larry McDavid lmcda...@lmceng.com wrote: I gave a presentation on the Dent Dipleidoscope at the Harvard

Re: [time-nuts] Setting Clocks in the Mid 1800's

2014-11-01 Thread Brooke Clarke
Hi Larry: Yes, please. Here's my Dent Dipleidoscope: http://www.prc68.com/I/Dent.shtml Mail_Attachment -- Have Fun, Brooke Clarke http://www.PRC68.com http://www.end2partygovernment.com/2012Issues.html http://www.prc68.com/I/DietNutrition.html Sanjeev Gupta wrote: On Sat, Nov 1, 2014 at 11:23

Re: [time-nuts] Setting Clocks in the Mid 1800's

2014-11-01 Thread Larry McDavid
Yes, that is one of the original 1843 dipleidoscope designs. All the original black finish seems to have been polished away, however. This original design used a lot of expensive brass. Later models used a cast brass {scroll base and a dipleidoscope body machined from a round brass bar; this

[time-nuts] Setting Clocks in the Mid 1800's

2014-10-31 Thread Larry McDavid
So, what did railroads, clock makers and financial institutions use for accurate time before 1900? If you were in London, you could subscribe to a service in which a lady carried a mechanical chronometer to the Greenwich Observatory in the morning and then made a circuit to subscribers,