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Tag: Timekeeping

October 23, 2015

Where did British Summer Time come from?

The practice of turning our clocks back to mark the transition to British Summer Time did not always exist. It was established to take into account the changing amount of daylight as Britain enters the summer season (remember that one?!).

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February 12, 2015

The clock that only loses 1 second every 16 BILLION years

The Ytterbium Clock, a stability clock that loses a single second every 16 BILLION years has been declared as the most accurate ever to be invented, scientists have claimed.

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