I first encountered the use of "atom of time" when reading "The Cloud
of Unknowing," a ?13th C? work on spirituality and contemplation
written by an anonymous English priest.
Best,
Dick
On Aug 22, 2009, at 12:14 PM, [email protected] wrote:
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Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2009 13:19:34 -0500
From: "Max Robinson" <[email protected]>
Subject: [time-nuts] Atom of time?
To: "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement"
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A recent answer on Jeopardy involved an atom of time. The clue was
"In the
16th century this term described 1/374 of a minute. It wasn't
applied to
matter for another 150 years." The correct response was " What is
an atom?"
My research on Google for "atom of time" turned up nothing relevant
to this.
Does anyone know what might have been the origin of this number? My
first
guess was that it was based on gear ratios for the escapement but at
6.2333... atoms per second it seems a little fast for the clocks of
that
century.
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Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2009 11:30:53 -0700 (PDT)
From: "J. Forster" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Atom of time?
To: "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement"
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I don't think it's really a unit of time in the sense we know it.
Atom, from the Greek, is basically the smallest chunk of somthing, not
divisible into smaller parts.
So an Atom of Time, would be the smallest interval of time, by
analogy.
It seems to be more a religeous term to do with revelation theology
than
Physics.
What was the Category?
FWIW,
-John
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Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2009 14:12:40 -0500
From: "Max Robinson" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Atom of time?
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John asked.
What was the Category?
I don't remember clearly. It may have been history.
Regards.
Max. K 4 O D S.
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