Some history for you on this... The original idea came from Dr Jim Barnes who was head of T&F at NBS (NIST). The idea was not well received from some quarters at NBS as it was "too simplistic", and not "technical enough".
Jim later worked for Austron and was there as Chief Scientific Officer when I worked for them in the mid-80s. I agree with you, a great read! Rob -----Original Message----- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of paul swed Sent: 19 September 2011 4:24 PM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] From Sundials to Atomic Clocks Funny I was just reading the hard copy I have last night. Great document and funny. On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 10:38 AM, Rob Kimberley < timing.consulta...@btinternet.com> wrote: > Hi Mike, > > I bought a bunch of these when I worked for Austron, and gave them out > to customers and reps. It was very well received. I have one original > copy left at home, so thanks for the PDF link. > > Rob Kimberley > > -----Original Message----- > From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] > On Behalf Of Mike Fahmie > Sent: 07 September 2011 6:27 PM > To: time-nuts@febo.com > Subject: [time-nuts] From Sundials to Atomic Clocks > > On a visit to NIST Boulder (then known as NBS) many years ago (1978), > I was presented with a copy of NBS Monograph 155, "From Sundials to > Atomic Clocks" > by one of the authors. I found it to be a fantastic read, it answers > all of those questions about Time & Frequency that you were afraid to > ask. > > I stumbled on it again today in PDF form on the NIST website, it has > undergone two revisions and this URL points to the most current (1999) > edition. > > http://tf.nist.gov/general/pdf/1796.pdf > > -Mike- > WA6ZTY > > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > _______________________________________________ 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. _______________________________________________ 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.
