A Time puzzle to solve...

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Originally Posted by ian

Doses that mean that you will allow the coriolis force to apply ??


:D


more [possibly] when I have the time

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:bartmoon:

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Originally Posted by ian

... The book Longitude by Dava Sobel tells the story of how Harrison solved "the greatest scientific problem of Harrison's time"
I highly recommend the book.

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I totally endorse Ian's recommendation. It was a major research project. Before that, coasts were discovered by running into them ... literally.

A major part of Cook's Endeavour voyage was trialling a chronometer. Did it work in practice as well as in theory? It did.

The French were also equally involved in similar research. On d'Entrecasteaux's voyages some 20 years later he carried 14 chronometers (# from memory). The Brits wanted to know if chronometers actually worked, the French wanted to know which was best! Science was advancing rapidly.

.....at the third stroke the time will be..ah bugger.....at the fourth stroke the time will be..ah bugger.....at the fifth.... bugger it, lets have a beer instead

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Originally Posted by rwbuild

.....at the third stroke the time will be..ah bugger.....at the fourth stroke the time will be..ah bugger.....at the fifth.... bugger it, lets have a beer instead

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That guy, with his BBC accent, is long gone! So is the service. :D

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Originally Posted by rwbuild

.....at the third stroke the time will be..ah bugger.....at the fourth stroke the time will be..ah bugger.....at the fifth.... bugger it, lets have a beer instead

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Quite right! A few sherberts later and time doesn't matter any more!
I'll have to ask FF is this qualifies as an answer to his original trick question:rolleyes: