I wonder if that "insult" was the inspiration for thermometers designed around quartz resonators.
For more details on the new "accelerometer", one might want to read: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-018-0738-2.epdf?referrer_access_token=xI4XbO8QUPT0oGiggqlnj9RgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0NOfvtdRGwNwsijc3L-wdrR-gN_XGjZvnhSHG8Z_GRAG2TFlrE0BhLZBwI67_QAp5OjAnEKQ4WJ4wCjk5w4vygIPUQtVEyDSwAATCo0K5MU6LufwkNUiCSha11I0_PKQaLYE9fGZ8PkVdTUdQpyGoiVbb0jP8MraWacVecZgLo2L2CMYUI4WaKOR_F4q5s8PY5IBcxvTydcNh79JRTUvUrd&tracking_referrer=www.theregister.co.uk This can be read, but apparently not downloaded by just anybody. Dana On Fri, Nov 30, 2018 at 8:50 AM Richard (Rick) Karlquist < rich...@karlquist.com> wrote: > A little humor: > > This situation reminds me of an old saying we had at HP: > > How do you insult a clock engineer? > > "Hey man, that's a great thermometer you designed!" > > The new version of this is now: > > "Hey man, that's a great accelerometer you designed". :-) > > Rick > > > On 11/29/2018 8:06 AM, Bob kb8tq wrote: > > Hi > > > > Certainly a cool clock and yes I’d love to have one in the ….errr … > warehouse (as long as somebody else pays > > the power bill). > > > > I seem to recall others as actually having measured gravity effects > using atomic clocks …. :) > > > > Yes, that’s just the way the article was written and not a knock in any > way on the *very* impressive clock. > > > > Bob > > > >> On Nov 29, 2018, at 10:39 AM, JULIAN TOPOLSKI <jj...@msn.com> wrote: > >> > >> FYI: > https://gizmodo.com/scientists-build-atomic-clocks-accurate-enough-to-measu-1830715349?fbclid=IwAR1H_KCZyyCpkh22YQ43zYb7KheepriKOt7S_5Fbd4bnY7b0G_zTLmU8C9M > >> [ > https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--awKrmrT9--/c_fill,fl_progressive,g_center,h_900,q_80,w_1600/kueltkuo32milibvnfa0.jpg > ]< > https://gizmodo.com/scientists-build-atomic-clocks-accurate-enough-to-measu-1830715349?fbclid=IwAR1H_KCZyyCpkh22YQ43zYb7KheepriKOt7S_5Fbd4bnY7b0G_zTLmU8C9M > > > >> > >> Scientists Build Atomic Clocks Accurate Enough to Measure Changes in > Spacetime Itself< > https://gizmodo.com/scientists-build-atomic-clocks-accurate-enough-to-measu-1830715349?fbclid=IwAR1H_KCZyyCpkh22YQ43zYb7KheepriKOt7S_5Fbd4bnY7b0G_zTLmU8C9M > > > >> Physicists have created atomic clocks so precise that they can measure > deformations in spacetime itself, according to new research. > >> gizmodo.com > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com > >> To unsubscribe, go to > http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com > >> and follow the instructions there. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com > > To unsubscribe, go to > http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com > > and follow the instructions there. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com To unsubscribe, go to http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com and follow the instructions there.