On 26 April 2012 11:08, <time-nuts-requ...@febo.com> wrote: > Send time-nuts mailing list submissions to > time-nuts@febo.com > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > time-nuts-requ...@febo.com > > You can reach the person managing the list at > time-nuts-ow...@febo.com > Ed Palmer wrote:
> but I don't think pop rivets had been invented when > they built this thing! :-D Just as a matter of interest, the humble pop-rivet was first patented in 1917 by Hamilton Neil Wylie, a Royal Navy Reservist and an improved version in 1927 when he was working for Armstrong-Whitworth, then a UK aircraft manufacturer. I don't think that the Quartz Crystal standard had been invented in 1917........ Geoff -- ################################################# Geoff Blake, G8GNZ JO01fq: Chelmsford, Essex, UK <ge...@palaemon.co.uk> or <melecert...@gmail.com> Using Linux: Ubuntu 11.04 on Intel or Debian on UltraSparc and even on the NAS. Avoiding Micro$oft like the plague. ################################################# _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.