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Sensing The Earth’s Wobble In Time – Hackaday
In the 1850s British railway companies started introducing a single standard time to make their timetables consistent. Before that, every city would set its own…
In the 1850s British railway companies started introducing a single standard time to make their timetables consistent. Before that, every city would set its own clock based on the observation of the position of the sun. Nowadays, precise time standards are not only needed so people don’t miss their trains but also make modern communication technologies and satellite navigation work.
Generally, there are two methods of defining time, one is based on the local passage of time as measured by atomi…
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