• supertrucker@lemmy.ml
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    4 months ago

    Clocks were invented before electricity. If an EMP took out all the electronics, a mechanical clock is still the best way to measure longitude at sea

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      4 months ago

      If an emp took out all the electronics, the need to measure longitude at sea would not make my top ten concerns.

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      4 months ago

      While true, most clocks are quarts oscillators These days so would die also. That said, love me a mechanical clock and have a skeleton watch I daily drive.