Administrivia - Billion Second Day

From: Don Maslin <donm_at_cts.com>
Date: Tue Sep 11 22:17:53 2001

On Mon, 10 Sep 2001, Wayne M. Smith wrote:

> >
> >
> > On Mon, 10 Sep 2001, Chris wrote:
> >
> > > >So... what are the most outstanding examples of classic
> systems whose
> > > >timekeeping mechanisms have withstood the passage of
> time (including any
> > > >that would have if they were still running today)?
> > >
> > > Big Ben in London? :-p
> >
> > Relative youngster! What comes to mind immediately - and
> I know that
> > there are older ones - is the chiming clock in the Piazza
> San Marco of
> > Venice that has been telling time since prior to 1492.
> >
> > - don
> >
> Stonehenge?
>

I was thinking `clocks', but Stomehenge could seem to possibly
qualify as a timekeeping mechanism! (Love that place! Been there
a couple times and never tire of it.)

                                                 - don
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