Beginning of the Long Dash

Available
0
StarStarStarStarStar
0Reviews

In the early days of formal timekeeping, determining the time was a specialized branch of astronomy. Now it is a branch of physics. Through decades of innovation, scientists at the Dominion Observatory and the National Research Council have created a Canadian time signal based not on the stars but on the cesium atom. This history of some 125 years of timekeeping in Canada documents a resolution in...

Read more
E-book
pdf
Price
25.99 £

In the early days of formal timekeeping, determining the time was a specialized branch of astronomy. Now it is a branch of physics. Through decades of innovation, scientists at the Dominion Observatory and the National Research Council have created a Canadian time signal based not on the stars but on the cesium atom. This history of some 125 years of timekeeping in Canada documents a resolution in...

Read more
Follow the Author

Options

  • Formats: pdf
  • ISBN: 9781487575731
  • Publication Date: 15 Dec 1978
  • Publisher: University of Toronto Press
  • Product language: English
  • Drm Setting: DRM