[tz] Potted history of timekeeping from the BBC

Paul.Koning at dell.com Paul.Koning at dell.com
Tue Apr 4 15:05:47 UTC 2017


> On Apr 4, 2017, at 7:43 AM, John Haxby <john.haxby at oracle.com> wrote:
> 
> This is from a series of things that made the modern economy, it says on
> the web page:
> 
> Tick tock: The importance of knowing the right time:
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39129620
> 
> In one short page it manages to mention everything but DST :) and it
> includes a picture of Harrison No 1.  ...

Interesting they would show No. 1 rather than No. 4, which is the one that actually solved the longitude problem.

	paul


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