Just to clarify the record, I recently visited the Patek Philippe museum in Geneva and was surprised to learn that everything ever invented with respect to time, including marine chronometers, had actually previously been invented by a French or Swiss individual residing in the Geneva region. At least according to my guide.
Greg Dowd gdowd at symmetricom dot com (antispam format) Symmetricom, Inc. www.symmetricom.com "Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler" Albert Einstein -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jan Fredriksson Sent: Friday, February 22, 2008 12:20 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [time-nuts] The Original Time Nut Hi, Can anyone point to some good reading on John Harrison, who in the 18th century devoted his life to making the best timekeepers ever built and who also constructed and built the first usable marine chronometer. Jan F _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
