A really interesting site
John
Have you ever wondered about the Earth Going round the Sun -n-stuff
like that - and how the tides work perhaps ??
I found this wonderful site - dead easy to understand too its at:
www.hilaroad.com
Be careful though cos it addictive !!!
John
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Better look at home then John I have sent link home
Jen
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Thank you for the link, John.
I watched the following video about the history of clocks:
> http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7060699621163470194
The graphics and the background music add to the effectiveness.
One thing I learned was that our digital watches contain "vibrating atoms"
which do the same thing as swinging pendulums, but with more accuracy.
Videos like this certainly stimulate our curiousity!
---Sea
John
wrote:
ehhhh ? - eyes a bit confused !!!!!
John
wrote:
No need to visit the centre - You's can just view the science
video's....
John
> "John" <john.hurk...@googlemail.com> wrote in message
Hello Sea
Yes - I watched that one too !!!! Really informative !!
John
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Cos I pop in here at work and can't spend too much time looking at web sites
Jen
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Now why can't I see John's original post?
What you done with it, you lot? :-))
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Just think - If John Harrison (who came from Wakefield) hadn't invented
the marine time-keeper, Cook might never have been a successful
explorer. <http://wakefield.110mb.com/people/harrison.html>)
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> Now why can't I see John's original post?
> What you done with it, you lot? :-))
Dunno Mike, but I can't either. :(
Perhaps he's shy. :)
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wtwjgc (Joe)
It was posted via Google groups. Perhaps you all have those blocked?
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Me neither and I can't see the original in NIN but it is there on Plusnet.
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> On Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:12:58 GMT, wtwjgc (Joe) wrote:
>> It was posted via Google groups. Perhaps you all have those blocked?
>
> I ain't got nuffink blocked.
Nor here.
~~seadancer~~
> Just think - If John Harrison (who came from Wakefield) hadn't invented
> the marine time-keeper, Cook might never have been a successful explorer.
> <http://wakefield.110mb.com/people/harrison.html>)
That's an incredible story, Joe. Harrison certainly had tenacity...
all those years working on making improvements in his clocks.
Makes me wonder what it is that's inside a clock which makes
it so much more accurate than another. I'm sure it's too technical
for me to understand. :)
---Sea
wtwjgc (Joe)
MCC
If you can get hold of the book 'Longitude' written by Dava Sobel you will
find it a fascinating read.
Poor Harrison and his son got treated abysmally by the British Board of
Admiralty - nothing new there then :-)
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jackie green
>> Just think - If John Harrison (who came from Wakefield) hadn't
>> invented the marine time-keeper, Cook might never have been a
>> successful explorer.
>> <http://wakefield.110mb.com/people/harrison.html>)
>
> If you can get hold of the book 'Longitude' written by Dava Sobel you
> will find it a fascinating read.
> Poor Harrison and his son got treated abysmally by the British Board
> of Admiralty - nothing new there then :-)
There was a tv programme about him sometime last year, fascinating. Also the
astronomy club Rob is in has Alan Chapman as president and he pops over 2-3
times a year to give talks, he loves the subject of John Harrison and
clocks/timekeeping, heard a couple from him on the subject. (as an aside, he
is such a fascinating person he could base a talk on the phone directory and
you'd listen)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Chapman_(historian)
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wtwjgc (Joe)
>>> Just think - If John Harrison (who came from Wakefield) hadn't
>>> invented the marine time-keeper, Cook might never have been a
>>> successful explorer.
>>> <http://wakefield.110mb.com/people/harrison.html>)
>> If you can get hold of the book 'Longitude' written by Dava Sobel you
>> will find it a fascinating read.
>> Poor Harrison and his son got treated abysmally by the British Board
>> of Admiralty - nothing new there then :-)
>
> There was a tv programme about him sometime last year, fascinating. Also the
> astronomy club Rob is in has Alan Chapman as president and he pops over 2-3
> times a year to give talks, he loves the subject of John Harrison and
> clocks/timekeeping, heard a couple from him on the subject. (as an aside, he
> is such a fascinating person he could base a talk on the phone directory and
> you'd listen)
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Chapman_(historian)
>
Yes, I saw that programme on TV. John Harrison was also the subject of a
short local film.
Allan is very good. I've seen him on one of the science series.
Ali
> That's an incredible story, Joe. Harrison certainly had tenacity...
> all those years working on making improvements in his clocks.
> Makes me wonder what it is that's inside a clock which makes
> it so much more accurate than another. I'm sure it's too technical
> for me to understand. :)
To put it simply, counterbalanced pendulums so that external movement
(like the rocking of a ship) doesn't affect the ticking.
Also more precise machining of the parts.
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> On Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:00:14 GMT, ~~seadancer~~ commented
>> That's an incredible story, Joe. Harrison certainly had tenacity...
>> all those years working on making improvements in his clocks.
>> Makes me wonder what it is that's inside a clock which makes
>> it so much more accurate than another. I'm sure it's too technical
>> for me to understand. :)
>
> To put it simply, counterbalanced pendulums so that external movement
> (like the rocking of a ship) doesn't affect the ticking.
> Also more precise machining of the parts.
Thanks, Ali. I never even thought about the necessity for
counterbalancing on a rocking ship.
Precise machining, yes. Also, parts that don't wear out, I guess.
Is that why they have diamonds inside the watch mechanism?
They used to advertise that, IIRC.
---Sea
Ali
> "Ali" <ali.on...@ntlworld.com> wrote
>> To put it simply, counterbalanced pendulums so that external movement
>> (like the rocking of a ship) doesn't affect the ticking.
>> Also more precise machining of the parts.
>> Ali
>
> Thanks, Ali. I never even thought about the necessity for
> counterbalancing on a rocking ship.
> Precise machining, yes. Also, parts that don't wear out, I guess.
> Is that why they have diamonds inside the watch mechanism?
> They used to advertise that, IIRC.
> ---Sea
I suppose that was the reason, although, while the diamonds wouldn't wear
out, the part they wear bearing against would.