Ancestors

Written by Peter Murray on 2025-01-16 at 13:30

Another Thursday, another Thread. This week's Thursday Threads newsletter looks at time:

https://dltj.org/article/issue-103-time-standards/

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Written by Peter Murray on 2025-01-16 at 13:32

The first item in the Thursday Threads on time standards is about Paris' City-wide Synchronized Clock from the 1880s: https://dltj.org/article/issue-103-time-standards#pneumatic-clock

Imagine a network of pipes under the city sending synchronized puffs of air. It is an impressive engineering feat!

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Descendants

Written by Peter Murray on 2025-01-16 at 13:34

The second item on time standards is how time is very different in Nepal. Can you guess the offset from Universal Coordinated Time in Kathmandu?

https://dltj.org/article/issue-103-time-standards#nepal-time

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Written by Peter Murray on 2025-01-16 at 13:35

GPS is coming to the moon! That's the topic of the third item of this week's Thursday Threads: https://dltj.org/article/issue-103-time-standards#moon-gps

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Written by Peter Murray on 2025-01-16 at 13:36

Lastly, do you know what "A.M." and "P.M." stand for? https://dltj.org/article/issue-103-time-standards#am-pm

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Written by Peter Murray on 2025-01-16 at 13:39

At the end of this week's Thursday Threads newsletter are two stories about this troublemaker: https://dltj.org/article/issue-103-time-standards#pickle

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