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On Sun, 01 Feb 2009 21:33:08 -0700,  wrote:

> Richard Pisko, after dipping into Richard J Matthys' book "Accurate
> Clock Pendulums" . . .

Excellent way to put it.  His chapters seem quite well contained, and
digestible at one gulp . . . if you pass over the math lightly.  :-)  I
enjoy dipping into it quite frequently to savor the nuances, and realizing
I may have missed something important the first time comes as a bit of a
surprise.

> I did once contemplate making a super-clock using a fused quartz
> pendulum rod with invar compensation and bought a length on a visit to
> Texas. Unfortunately, baggage handlers throughout the world took the
> "Fragile" stickers to be a challenge and it arrived home in many pieces.
> It will be a little while before I try to repeat the exercise. Texas in
> summer seems to me to be a good preparation for an eternity spent in
> Hell...

Which is where said baggage smashers should be contempating their sins
about now.

--
Richard . . .

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