On 2012 Jan 24, at 07:12, Tom Van Baak wrote:
> I would like to agree with you, but can't. The dial is shared by
> the seconds, minutes, and hours hand so your proposal isn't
> going to work. Open an analog clock and have a look.
My analog clocks with just quartz crystals don't keep time to
within a second over the relevant interval. The ones with WWVB
receivers in them do a little dance every night when nobody is
watching and the signal is strong, and that dance looks a lot
like the handling of a leap second.
--
Steve Allen <s...@ucolick.org> WGS-84 (GPS)
UCO/Lick Observatory Natural Sciences II, Room 165 Lat +36.99855
University of California Voice: +1 831 459 3046 Lng -122.06015
Santa Cruz, CA 95064 http://www.ucolick.org/~sla/ Hgt +250 m
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