Changes of measurement and the appearance of a pocket watch

Jan 11
09:09

2012

LiuJiajia

LiuJiajia

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The apparent motions of the Sun helped create sundials and pocket watch models to measure time.

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There were many modifications in the ways men started to measure time. These changes in the measurement led to create a new measure called Local Mean Time based on the average motion of the sun across the sky Ecuador at a constant speed. Thus,Changes of measurement and the appearance of a pocket watch Articles these then lead to pocket watch models and more.

However, despite its usefulness can vary the time measured forward or backward solar time up to an hour at certain times of year. This is the time measured on a daily basis with our common clocks. The local mean time depends on the location. Thus, as the observation points are different time taken varies by different measurement points, and at latitude 40 º 20.8 km two separate points have a difference in their local times a minute. This was not seeking any problems in the early 19 when communications were slow, but when they were much faster (telegraph and radio) had marked time differences between one place and another.

In 1883 it was decided to resolve this issue divides the United States (and then the world would welcome the idea) in time zones which are averaged in time according to the latitudes 75, 90 and 105 degrees east, central and West, this measure is called Standard Time. In the mean time, in France, they were already hearing all about a pocket watch design.

Astronomy

In astronomy, time measurement is very important because the events and positions of heavenly bodies change with time and season. In addition to making observations, recording and communicating are needed on a uniform time measurements just as the first vintage pocket watch designs worked.

Having requested a time to unify around the world was created Universal Time or Greenwich Meridian Time corresponds to local time at the meridian (0 °) passing and marked on a plaque in Greenwich Observatory in England. To calculate local time simply add or subtract the hours (one hour for every 15 degrees of separation) that separate the site from the observation with the meridian of Greenwich, which in the case of Colombia is -5 hours (i.e. time 17:00 hours local UT 23:00 hours). The TU is measured in the system.

Moreover, professional astronomers often use other measurement system based on stellar motion and the Sun, this is called sidereal time. This time is considered midnight when the vernal equinox point higher passes the meridian. A sidereal day is the time between two consecutive steps of the vernal point of the meridian. This is somehow any pocket watch model works.

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