Well, yes. They showed the owner, who had the clock "restored" and removed those pesky wires and contacts that once sent telegraph time signals.
Not as bad as the disaster in Northfield, MN (S of the Twin Cities) where a guy drilling holes for Cat 5 cables broke the vacuum jar of a Reifler clock, and nobody thought anything of it. Sigh. Bill Hawkins -----Original Message----- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of J. Forster Sent: Monday, September 13, 2010 8:19 PM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: [time-nuts] Regulator Clock The PBS show "The History Detectives" just ran a piece on a nineteenth century, mercury pendulum, regulator clock. I think the show is on the PBS web site. Best, -John _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
