Hackers' Pub

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Stuart Langridge @sil@mastodon.social

1/12/2026, 9:32:37 PM

Public

Tonight's speculation game: if you went back in time to the early 1700s and wanted to win the Longitude Prize for making a clock that kept time at sea, what would you do? You have your modern knowledge (and offline wikipedia on your phone).
I don't think you can make an atomic clock. There just isn't the refining or the electronics. But I wonder about a quartz oscillator. You can do that by cutting a thin piece of quartz and having a battery (which you can make with copper and vinegar), I think?

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