[time-nuts] Setting clocks 100 years ago
David
t_list_1_only at braw.co.uk
Sat Nov 6 12:41:55 UTC 2010
> Other Timeballs that I know are ....
Another for the list, some of you will have visited Edinburgh which has
run a time gun and ball since the 1860s. I'll spare you the usual links,
the foot of this link shows the time gun correction maps that the
Edinburgh time nut of the 1860s would would subscribe to.
http://www.edinphoto.org.uk/1_edin/1_edinburgh_history_-_time-gun.htm
Also linked via that page is a video showing the gun and ball working
today :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Anrgx2Cap3E&feature=player_embedded
Much more fun than GPS...
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