Re: [tz] Potted history of timekeeping from the BBC

On Apr 4, 2017, at 7:43 AM, John Haxby <john.haxby@oracle.com> wrote:

This is from a series of things that made the modern economy, it says on the web page:

Tick tock: The importance of knowing the right time: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39129620

In one short page it manages to mention everything but DST :) and it includes a picture of Harrison No 1. ...

Interesting they would show No. 1 rather than No. 4, which is the one that actually solved the longitude problem. paul