I would be interested in seeing the aryicles. John WA4WDL ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Janssen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 11:25 AM Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Hello
> Tom Van Baak wrote: >>> The Shortt pendulum was of great interest - what could 70 years >>> of relentlessly advancing technology have to improve on it? >>> That is a top priority, behind consulting commitments, financial >>> management, home maintenance, building computers and looking for >>> business. Which is to say, I've bought things but haven't had any >>> time to do anything with them, like the Invar rod. >>> >> >> I would be interested if others of you time-nuts are also >> involved with pendulum clocks. At the surface it might >> seem odd that with today's technology that anyone would >> want to spend time with pendulum clocks. But there are >> several hundred guys around the world who are spending >> a great deal of time working on modern pendulum clocks. >> >> The history, science, and technology of these things is >> far, far deeper than you might think. Here I can make a >> plug for Jim's website: >> http://www.clockvault.com/heritage/index.htm >> and also have a look at Bill's amazing creations: >> http://www.precisionclocks.com/ >> >> I really like my cesium clocks, but you've got to admit >> these old (Riefler and Shortt) and new (Q1 and Q2) >> are much better eye candy and old HP or FTS clock. >> >> >> > Stuff snipped >> /tvb >> http://www.LeapSecond.com > There was a series of articles in The Home Shop Machinist starting in the > September/October 2000 issue that described construction of a Free > Pendulum clock > > I think I can find all of the articles if some one wants them > > Bill K7NOM (not really nutty about time) > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list [email protected] https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
