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Time is math I think (slrpnk.net)

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[–] InvertedParallax@lemm.ee 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Should watch an old BBC miniseries, Longitude.

So much fun watching how crazy clocks are engjneered, and Jeremy irons.

[–] pseudo@jlai.lu 3 points 1 week ago

Thank you. I add it on the list (^_^)

[–] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I was fascinated by some of the crazy things people tried to get working that were discussed on that show. Things like keeping a pair of dogs, wounded by the same knife, as a way to synchronize time. As if they were some kind of quantum entangled particles.

Edit: Found it!

The powder was also applied to solve the longitude problem in the suggestion of an anonymous pamphlet of 1687 entitled Curious Enquiries. The pamphlet theorised that a wounded dog could be put aboard a ship, with the knife used to injure the dog left in the trust of a timekeeper on shore, who would then dip said knife into the powder at a predetermined time and cause the creature to yelp, thus giving the captain of the ship an accurate knowledge of the time.

[–] pseudo@jlai.lu 1 points 1 week ago

Oh God... Weren't this people happy water clock and other sandglass-like engine?