> Wednesday's PM on Radio 4 included an item about the way the keepers of > the Big Ben clock handled the leap second. They slowed it down for several > hours by removing a stack of old coins from a plate near the top of the > pendulum to lower its centre of gravity. They replaced them again when it > had lost a seond. Rubber seconds, 19th century style! You can still get > the episode (usng realplayer) until about 17:00 UTC from this link:
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/news/pm/ There's also some video associated with that story, so you can see the pennies: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7797818.stm and some mention of Peter Whibberley. David, _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
