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Re: Watches as chronometers
From: Geoffrey Kolbe
Date: 2013 May 31, 21:39 +0100
At 20:32 31/05/2013, you wrote:
I would be intrigued to know how Gary was supposed to account for leap seconds....? And why (for navigation purposes) he should account for leap seconds...?
Geoffrey
From: Geoffrey Kolbe
Date: 2013 May 31, 21:39 +0100
At 20:32 31/05/2013, you wrote:
On 5/31/2013 3:06 PM, Brad Morris wrote: > I'd be shocked if Gary missed leap year adjustments! He told us a > precise number of days in this email chain > > Gary is way too careful to bungle this IMO > In full agreement with the above, but my question regarded leap *seconds*. If I caught it in my experiments, it's almost a lead-pipe cinch Gary did ;-) Bill B
I would be intrigued to know how Gary was supposed to account for leap seconds....? And why (for navigation purposes) he should account for leap seconds...?
Geoffrey
