Re: [time-nuts] Time-nut going England!

[Magnus Danielson]

Hi,

If I where around, I would do it. :)

Meet up with Attila guys! :)

Cheers,
Magnus - currently in New York

On 05/08/2017 12:13 AM, Attila Kinali wrote:

Hey there!

Sorry for my late response. The last weeks have been extremely busy
and my upcomming trip to the UK didn't exactly help.

Thanks to everyone I have now a decent list of things to do.

If anyone lives in the general London area and would like
to have a beer/tea/hot chocolate together, feel free to send
me a message.

Attila Kinali

On Wed, 26 Apr 2017 15:05:52 +0200
Attila Kinali  wrote:


Hi

I'll be in the UK for three weeks and will have a "free" week
between 13th and 20th of May. I will most probably be around
the London area and maybe spend a day or two in Southampton.

If someone wants to meet for a beer or cup of hot chocolate,
or knows of time-nutty things to do, please let me know.

I would also appreciate if someone knows an affordable place
to stay at in London, so that it doesn't strain the purse
of this poor student too much.

Attila Kinali

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use without that foundation.
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Re: [time-nuts] Time-nut going England!

[Attila Kinali]

Hey there!

Sorry for my late response. The last weeks have been extremely busy
and my upcomming trip to the UK didn't exactly help.

Thanks to everyone I have now a decent list of things to do.

If anyone lives in the general London area and would like
to have a beer/tea/hot chocolate together, feel free to send
me a message.

Attila Kinali

On Wed, 26 Apr 2017 15:05:52 +0200
Attila Kinali  wrote:

> Hi
> 
> I'll be in the UK for three weeks and will have a "free" week
> between 13th and 20th of May. I will most probably be around
> the London area and maybe spend a day or two in Southampton.
> 
> If someone wants to meet for a beer or cup of hot chocolate,
> or knows of time-nutty things to do, please let me know.
> 
> I would also appreciate if someone knows an affordable place
> to stay at in London, so that it doesn't strain the purse
> of this poor student too much.
> 
>   Attila Kinali
> 
> -- 
> It is upon moral qualities that a society is ultimately founded. All 
> the prosperity and technological sophistication in the world is of no 
> use without that foundation.
>  -- Miss Matheson, The Diamond Age, Neil Stephenson
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Re: [time-nuts] Time-nut going England!

[Tony Finch]

Tom Leedy via time-nuts  wrote:
>
> A very worthwhile, and often overlooked, museum is located at The
> Worshipful Company of Clockmakers

Note that it moved to the Science Museum 18 months ago.

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Re: [time-nuts] Time-nut going England!

[Eric Scace]

Do not neglect a visit to the Clockworks  museum. 
Examples of the most accurate pendulum clocks ever put into production e.g., 
(LeRoy, Riefler, Shortt-Synchronome and Fedchenko) are among the collection 
there. Free — and the staff are very friendly and extremely knowledgable.

— Eric

> On 2017 Apr 27, at 05:10 , Tony Finch  wrote:
> 
> Clint Jay  wrote:
> 
>> Greenwich as recommended by others is a must, the science museum is also a
>> good way to spend a day.
> 
> Look for the clock and watch gallery in the Science Museum, lots of great
> devices from the collection of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers.
> http://www.clockmakers.org/the-clockmakers-museum-library/the-clockmakers-museum-library/
> http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/visitmuseum/Plan_your_visit/exhibitions/clockmakers-museum?keywords=clockmakers
> 
> And the British Horological Institute has a museum too (very limited
> opening hours, tho) http://bhi.co.uk/museum/the-bhi-museum-trust/
> 
> Tony.
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Re: [time-nuts] Time-nut going England!

[Tom Leedy via time-nuts]

Hi:
 
A very worthwhile, and often overlooked, museum is located at The  
Worshipful Company of Clockmakers
(1 Throgmorton Avenue, London EC2N 2BY,  Telephone: 020 7998 8120).  It is 
not very large, but has some unusual  objects including many of the tools 
that were used in making clocks.  Their  Web site is: 
http://www.clockmakers.org/ 
 
Tom Leedy
Clarksburg, MD
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Re: [time-nuts] Time-nut going England!

[John Lofgren]

Seconded.  Did both last August and it was great.  The amount of restored 
hardware that's operational is impressive and docents are knowledgeable.
If you get to the computing museum, having a chat with whoever is in the 
Colossus gallery is worth your time.

Admission to BP is £17.75 and the Computing Museum is £7.50.  Both are well 
worth the admission price plus the train ride.

Cheers,
John

-Original Message-
From: time-nuts [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Clint Jay
Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2017 6:16 AM
To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement ; 
Dave B 
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Time-nut going England!

Yes, Bletchley is a good day out but be aware the national museum of computing 
is a separate entity and has its own entry fee.

On 27 Apr 2017 12:00 pm, "Dave B via time-nuts"  wrote:

> On 26/04/17 17:00, time-nuts-requ...@febo.com wrote:
>
> > Message: 12
> > Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2017 15:05:52 +0200
> > From: Attila Kinali 
> > To: time-nuts@febo.com
> > Subject: [time-nuts] Time-nut going England!
> > Message-ID: <20170426150552.93c33e4cbe356663386bb...@kinali.ch>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
> >
> > Hi
> >
> > I'll be in the UK for three weeks and will have a "free" week 
> > between 13th and 20th of May. I will most probably be around the 
> > London area and maybe spend a day or two in Southampton.
> >
> > If someone wants to meet for a beer or cup of hot chocolate, or 
> > knows of time-nutty things to do, please let me know.
> >
> > I would also appreciate if someone knows an affordable place to stay 
> > at in London, so that it doesn't strain the purse of this poor 
> > student too much.
> >
> >   Attila Kinali
>
> --
> -- Not exactly "TN" material, but you'd find this an interesting day 
> out.
>
> https://www.bletchleypark.org.uk/
>
> Get an off peak return rail ticket from Euston to Bletchley, it's a 
> short walk from the rail station.
>
> The National museum of computing (and other special interests) are 
> there too.
>
> Else the various museums in London will more than keep you occupied!
>
> Regards.
>
> Dave B, not that far from BP, but no idea what I'll be doing the time 
> you plan to be in the UK. "Domestic Management" has not told me the 
> plans for that far ahead yet!  :)
>
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Re: [time-nuts] Time-nut going England!

[Clint Jay]

Yes, Bletchley is a good day out but be aware the national museum of
computing is a separate entity and has its own entry fee.

On 27 Apr 2017 12:00 pm, "Dave B via time-nuts"  wrote:

> On 26/04/17 17:00, time-nuts-requ...@febo.com wrote:
>
> > Message: 12
> > Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2017 15:05:52 +0200
> > From: Attila Kinali 
> > To: time-nuts@febo.com
> > Subject: [time-nuts] Time-nut going England!
> > Message-ID: <20170426150552.93c33e4cbe356663386bb...@kinali.ch>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
> >
> > Hi
> >
> > I'll be in the UK for three weeks and will have a "free" week
> > between 13th and 20th of May. I will most probably be around
> > the London area and maybe spend a day or two in Southampton.
> >
> > If someone wants to meet for a beer or cup of hot chocolate,
> > or knows of time-nutty things to do, please let me know.
> >
> > I would also appreciate if someone knows an affordable place
> > to stay at in London, so that it doesn't strain the purse
> > of this poor student too much.
> >
> >   Attila Kinali
>
> 
> Not exactly "TN" material, but you'd find this an interesting day out.
>
> https://www.bletchleypark.org.uk/
>
> Get an off peak return rail ticket from Euston to Bletchley, it's a
> short walk from the rail station.
>
> The National museum of computing (and other special interests) are there
> too.
>
> Else the various museums in London will more than keep you occupied!
>
> Regards.
>
> Dave B, not that far from BP, but no idea what I'll be doing the time
> you plan to be in the UK. "Domestic Management" has not told me the
> plans for that far ahead yet!  :)
>
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[time-nuts] Time-nut going England!

[Dave B via time-nuts]

On 26/04/17 17:00, time-nuts-requ...@febo.com wrote:

> Message: 12
> Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2017 15:05:52 +0200
> From: Attila Kinali 
> To: time-nuts@febo.com
> Subject: [time-nuts] Time-nut going England!
> Message-ID: <20170426150552.93c33e4cbe356663386bb...@kinali.ch>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
>
> Hi
>
> I'll be in the UK for three weeks and will have a "free" week
> between 13th and 20th of May. I will most probably be around
> the London area and maybe spend a day or two in Southampton.
>
> If someone wants to meet for a beer or cup of hot chocolate,
> or knows of time-nutty things to do, please let me know.
>
> I would also appreciate if someone knows an affordable place
> to stay at in London, so that it doesn't strain the purse
> of this poor student too much.
>
>   Attila Kinali


Not exactly "TN" material, but you'd find this an interesting day out.

https://www.bletchleypark.org.uk/

Get an off peak return rail ticket from Euston to Bletchley, it's a
short walk from the rail station.

The National museum of computing (and other special interests) are there
too.

Else the various museums in London will more than keep you occupied!

Regards.

Dave B, not that far from BP, but no idea what I'll be doing the time
you plan to be in the UK. "Domestic Management" has not told me the
plans for that far ahead yet!  :)

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Re: [time-nuts] Time-nut going England!

[Tony Finch]

Clint Jay  wrote:

> Greenwich as recommended by others is a must, the science museum is also a
> good way to spend a day.

Look for the clock and watch gallery in the Science Museum, lots of great
devices from the collection of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers.
http://www.clockmakers.org/the-clockmakers-museum-library/the-clockmakers-museum-library/
http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/visitmuseum/Plan_your_visit/exhibitions/clockmakers-museum?keywords=clockmakers

And the British Horological Institute has a museum too (very limited
opening hours, tho) http://bhi.co.uk/museum/the-bhi-museum-trust/

Tony.
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Re: [time-nuts] Time-nut going England!

[Tony Finch]

Mike Millen  wrote:
>
> If you can travel to Cambridge ( a short train trip from London ), the the
> Corpus Clock is well worth seeing:
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corpus_Clock
>
> https://youtu.be/pHO1JTNPPOU

My notes on the Corpus Clock:

http://fanf.livejournal.com/94043.html
http://fanf.livejournal.com/98545.html

If you are in Cambridge, listen out for the chimes from Great St Mary's
church next to the market square - the GSM chimes were copied for the
palace of Westminster's clock tower.

Also listen out for Trinity's clock which strikes the hour twice, and
which has a very informative web site: http://trin-hosts.trin.cam.ac.uk/clock/
Trinity's clock is based on the design of the palace of Westminster's
clock.

Frank King has information about some notable sundials:
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~fhk1/Sundials/WriteUps/CBsundialWalk.pdf

The Royal Greenwich Observatory was housed next to Cambridge University's
Institute of Astronomy for several years before it was finally shut down.
I don't know of any notable timekeeping activities, though.

Tony.
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Re: [time-nuts] Time-nut going England!

[Mike Millen]

On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 8:05 AM, Attila Kinali  wrote:


Hi

I'll be in the UK for three weeks and will have a "free" week
between 13th and 20th of May. I will most probably be around
the London area and maybe spend a day or two in Southampton.


If you can travel to Cambridge ( a short train trip from London ), the 
the Corpus Clock is well worth seeing:


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corpus_Clock

https://youtu.be/pHO1JTNPPOU

Mike
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Re: [time-nuts] Time-nut going England!

[Clint Jay]

Greenwich as recommended by others is a must, the science museum is also a
good way to spend a day.

Cheap and London don't necessarily go hand in hand unpess you go d hostel
style accommodation or perhaps even youth hostels?

I can recommend the New Linden hotel near Notting hill gate from recent
personal experience. There are plenty of little family owned hotels of a
similar standard but they're still around £100 a night.

On 26 Apr 2017 4:01 pm, "Attila Kinali"  wrote:

> Hi
>
> I'll be in the UK for three weeks and will have a "free" week
> between 13th and 20th of May. I will most probably be around
> the London area and maybe spend a day or two in Southampton.
>
> If someone wants to meet for a beer or cup of hot chocolate,
> or knows of time-nutty things to do, please let me know.
>
> I would also appreciate if someone knows an affordable place
> to stay at in London, so that it doesn't strain the purse
> of this poor student too much.
>
> Attila Kinali
>
> --
> It is upon moral qualities that a society is ultimately founded. All
> the prosperity and technological sophistication in the world is of no
> use without that foundation.
>  -- Miss Matheson, The Diamond Age, Neil Stephenson
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Re: [time-nuts] Time-nut going England!

[shouldbe q931]

On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 2:05 PM, Attila Kinali  wrote:
> Hi
>
> I'll be in the UK for three weeks and will have a "free" week
> between 13th and 20th of May. I will most probably be around
> the London area and maybe spend a day or two in Southampton.
>
> If someone wants to meet for a beer or cup of hot chocolate,
> or knows of time-nutty things to do, please let me know.
>
> I would also appreciate if someone knows an affordable place
> to stay at in London, so that it doesn't strain the purse
> of this poor student too much.
>
> Attila Kinali

As somebody that lives in London...

Airbnb is probably the lowest cost option to stay for a week, there
are people advertising rooms for under £20 per night

Places that are worthwhile to see historic timepieces

http://www.rmg.co.uk/ has H1,H2, H3 & H4 (I think only H1 is on
display at the moment)  and of course you can stand on the Greenwich
meridian, be there before 13:00 and you can see the ball go down the
pole, which might be the first time "signal".they also have a 5071a
that was used by NPL (the UK equiv of NIST).

http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk has another Harrison clock.

Cheers
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Re: [time-nuts] Time-nut going England!

[Philip Gladstone]

Yes -- Greenwich is a must. Also read up on why the GPS 0.0 E line 
is not on the mark that is etched in the ground. Then walk over to the 0 
point and admire your GPS receiver.


The Harrison clocks are a wonder to behold.

Philip

On 26/04/2017 11:46, Graham / KE9H wrote:

If you have never seen them, you must make a pilgrimage to see the Harrison
Clocks at the Greenwich Observatory.

If you have not read the book, you must read the book "Longitude" before
seeing the clocks.

--- Graham

On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 8:05 AM, Attila Kinali  wrote:


Hi

I'll be in the UK for three weeks and will have a "free" week
between 13th and 20th of May. I will most probably be around
the London area and maybe spend a day or two in Southampton.

If someone wants to meet for a beer or cup of hot chocolate,
or knows of time-nutty things to do, please let me know.

I would also appreciate if someone knows an affordable place
to stay at in London, so that it doesn't strain the purse
of this poor student too much.

 Attila Kinali




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Re: [time-nuts] Time-nut going England!

[Martin VE3OAT]

Attila,

Have you thought of visiting the Greenwich observatory just south of 
London?  I don't know if they have tours or when they might be open, 
but it is the birthplace of GMT.


I would join you if I could but I am in Canada.  Have a good visit there!

... MartinVE3OAT


On Wed, 26 Apr 2017 15:05:52 +0200, Attila wrote :


Hi

I'll be in the UK for three weeks and will have a "free" week
between 13th and 20th of May. I will most probably be around
the London area and maybe spend a day or two in Southampton.

If someone wants to meet for a beer or cup of hot chocolate,
or knows of time-nutty things to do, please let me know.

I would also appreciate if someone knows an affordable place
to stay at in London, so that it doesn't strain the purse
of this poor student too much.

Attila Kinali


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Re: [time-nuts] Time-nut going England!

[Graham / KE9H]

If you have never seen them, you must make a pilgrimage to see the Harrison
Clocks at the Greenwich Observatory.

If you have not read the book, you must read the book "Longitude" before
seeing the clocks.

--- Graham

On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 8:05 AM, Attila Kinali  wrote:

> Hi
>
> I'll be in the UK for three weeks and will have a "free" week
> between 13th and 20th of May. I will most probably be around
> the London area and maybe spend a day or two in Southampton.
>
> If someone wants to meet for a beer or cup of hot chocolate,
> or knows of time-nutty things to do, please let me know.
>
> I would also appreciate if someone knows an affordable place
> to stay at in London, so that it doesn't strain the purse
> of this poor student too much.
>
> Attila Kinali
>
> --
> It is upon moral qualities that a society is ultimately founded. All
> the prosperity and technological sophistication in the world is of no
> use without that foundation.
>  -- Miss Matheson, The Diamond Age, Neil Stephenson
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[time-nuts] Time-nut going England!

[Attila Kinali]

Hi

I'll be in the UK for three weeks and will have a "free" week
between 13th and 20th of May. I will most probably be around
the London area and maybe spend a day or two in Southampton.

If someone wants to meet for a beer or cup of hot chocolate,
or knows of time-nutty things to do, please let me know.

I would also appreciate if someone knows an affordable place
to stay at in London, so that it doesn't strain the purse
of this poor student too much.

Attila Kinali

-- 
It is upon moral qualities that a society is ultimately founded. All 
the prosperity and technological sophistication in the world is of no 
use without that foundation.
 -- Miss Matheson, The Diamond Age, Neil Stephenson
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