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The Perfectionists: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World (Book Review)

YYCHM

(Craig)
Premium Member
This is going to bug me to no end now.... If time is simply a human invention of convenience, why is it we can measure such things as frequency????
 

CalgaryPT

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Vendor
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I sense this thread fast approaching a Monty Python skit called the Philosopher's Football Match.
 

YYCHM

(Craig)
Premium Member
I sense this thread fast approaching a Monty Python skit called the Philosopher's Football Match.

Let the Philosopher's joust!

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Dabbler

ersatz engineer
Measuring frequency needed a stable way to count time: a stable oscillator! I'm just reading the book now. looks great!!!
 
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