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This interactive tutorial explores the evolution of time measurement through the ages -- beginning with Stonehenge and ancient calendar systems. It progresses through sun and water clocks, mechanical and quartz-movement clocks, and atomic clocks.
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General Physics
- History
Oscillations & Waves
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- Upper Undergraduate
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- Physical Science
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Ancient Calendars, Atomic Age, Early Clocks, Measurement, NIST Time Services, Time Zones, World Time Scales
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Date Metadata Instance was created October 3, 2003 by Matthew Meizlish
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August 18, 2020 by Lyle Barbato
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(NIST Time and Frequency Division, Boulder), WWW Document, (https://www.nist.gov/pml/time-and-frequency-division/popular-links/walk-through-time).
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A Walk Through Time (NIST Time and Frequency Division, Boulder), <https://www.nist.gov/pml/time-and-frequency-division/popular-links/walk-through-time>.
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A Walk Through Time. (n.d.). Retrieved November 12, 2024, from NIST Time and Frequency Division: https://www.nist.gov/pml/time-and-frequency-division/popular-links/walk-through-time
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NIST Time and Frequency Division. A Walk Through Time. Boulder: NIST Time and Frequency Division. https://www.nist.gov/pml/time-and-frequency-division/popular-links/walk-through-time (accessed 12 November 2024).
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A Walk Through Time. Boulder: NIST Time and Frequency Division. 12 Nov. 2024 <https://www.nist.gov/pml/time-and-frequency-division/popular-links/walk-through-time>.
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