I was lucky. About ten years ago when visiting I turned up to the Greenwich Observatory and walked around the corner to see the Harrison clocks.
I didn't know they were there. I didn't know they were anywhere. I'd read the book, seen the doco, but for some reason assumed they weren't around any more. To get a surprise and see them *working* was a great moment in my life. As David Gilmour once said, "I've never had the pleasure of hearing Dark Side of the Moon for the first time", well I got the surprise of seeing the working Harrison clocks - and not knowing it was coming. Brilliant! Jim Palfreyman On 5 July 2016 at 15:00, Peter Monta <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Dave, > > The Harrisons are indeed at the observatory; also look for a regulator > pendulum clock in the octagon room. I'm not quite sure whether it was > running when I was there some years back. > > Could it hurt to petition the observatory's powers-that-be for a little hut > or something at the ITRF meridian? :-) > > If you do get to Bletchley Park, give the National Museum of Computing a > look-see as well (it's just a short walk). I believe both facilities have > benefited from recent infusions of money and support, which is great. > > Cheers, > Peter > _______________________________________________ > 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.
