Hey. You miss the point! It's ART. -John
============= > It seems to me there is a way to make the segments folding so they could > be > changed without removing and inserting boards. Kind of like a folding > ruler. I'll have to do some experiments with scraps of wood in my shop. > On > a smaller scale of course. > > When I was little I used to like forming letters and numbers with my dad's > folding ruler. I probably invented the 7 segment display without knowing > it. > > Regards. > > Max. K 4 O D S. > > Email: [email protected] > > Transistor site http://www.funwithtransistors.net > Vacuum tube site: http://www.funwithtubes.net > Music site: http://www.maxsmusicplace.com > > To subscribe to the fun with transistors group send an email to. > [email protected] > > To subscribe to the fun with tubes group send an email to, > [email protected] > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Brooke Clarke" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 3:46 PM > Subject: [time-nuts] Hands on digital clock > > >> Hi: >> >> http://www.standard-time.com/index2_en.php >> 4 x 12 meter 7-segment display where the segments are boards held in >> place by C-clamps. One man can change one segment, but it takes 11 men >> and a couple of ladders to change two digits. If fewer (wo)men were >> used the time to make a change would be longer than 1 minute and the >> clock not be good to a minute. It looks like they started out using 4 >> bolts at each joint with power tools and later changed to multiple >> C-clamps. You can buy a DVD movie that can be played on a PC where the >> video is synchronized to the PC time. For more interesting On Line & >> Hardware Clocks see: >> http://www.prc68.com/I/timefreq.shtml#OLC >> >> -- >> Have Fun, >> >> Brooke Clarke >> http://www.PRC68.com >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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. >> > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.435 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2689 - Release Date: 02/15/10 > 07:35:00 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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.
