TUESDAY - = TIEWS DAY - OCTOBER 2 1 ST - 20-14 COMMON ERA - FROM TODAY S STARDATE : STAR TIME . HERE - = REFERS TO CLOCKWORK S PRECISIONS ABILITIES - & THE ELGIN NATIONAL WATCH COMPANY - ELGIN , ILLINOIS - ESTABLISHED 18564 COMMON ERA .; - & - AND IN THEIR TURNS , THE FOLLOWING KEYWORDS - & AND KEY WORDS TERMS - WERE INCLUDED ONLINE ALONG SIDES WITH TODAY S STARDATE TRANSCRIPT TO STAR TIME - = - - + HI8STORICAL EVENTS - - & - AS WELL AS ALONG SIDES WITH BOTH - = - - + HISTORIES IN ASTRONOMY - - + AND ALONG SIDES WITH - = - - = - + TIMEKEEPING AND CALENDARS - = - - + IN FULL TEXT TO FOLLOW OVER OUR NEXT SUCCESSIVE POSTINGS HERE - = - - + THE STARS APPEAR TO MOVE ACROSS OUR EARTH S SKIES WITH CLOCKWORK PRECISION . AND SO - PERHAPS IT S NOT SURPRISING THAT A COMPANY MADE TIMEPIECES TOOK THE PRECISION S ABILITIES ADVANTAGES AS SHOWN BY THE STARS - = TO IMPROVE BOTH ITS WATCHES AND ITS IMAGE . - + THE ELGIN NATIONAL WATCH COMPANY WAS ESTABLISHED IN ILLINOIS IN 1864 COMMON ERA - 150 CALENDARS WHEELS ON OUR EARTH S YEARS AGO - AND IT QUICKLY BECAME ONE - = 1 - AMONGST THE WORLD S LEADING WATCHMAKERS . AND IN 1910 COMMON ERA - IT BUILT ITS OWN ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY - IN ORDER TO TRACK THE TIME . - + THE [ ELGIN NATIONAL WATCH COMPANY S ] OBSERVATORY USED A TRANSIT TELESCOPE - = WHICH IN TURN MEASURED THE PRECISE TIME THAT THE BRIGHT STARS CROSSED THE MERIDIAN - = THE LINE ACROSS THE EARTH S SKIES THAT PASSES FROM DUE NORTH TO DUE SOUTH . COMPARING THOSE TIMES WITH ASTRONOMICAL ALMANACS REVEALED THE PRECISE TIME AT THE ELGIN WATCH COMPANY S FACTORY . THAT TIME WAS KEPT BY A SET INVOLVING HIGH - PRECISION GERMAN CLOCKS - WHICH IN THEIR TURNS WERE SEALED INSIDE A CLIMATE - CONTROLLED ROOM . - + THIS METHOD WAS ACCURATE TO WITHIN A TENTH TO A SECOND - = 0.1 SECOND .; TIME SIGNALS WERE TRANSMITTED TO THE FACTORY TO ALLOW WORKERS TO PRECISELY SET NEW WATCHES . - + ELGIN [ WATCH COMPANY - ELGIN , ILLIONOIS USA ] BUILT ITS ENTIRE IMAGE AROUND THEIR ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY . THE COMPANY S ADS FEATURED PICTURES INVOLVING THEIR PRECISION - BASED ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY - WITH A TRANSIT ASTRONOMICAL TELESCOPE - AND THEN , THEY ENCOURAGED THEIR READERS TO GO TO THE STARS FOR THE TIME - + ALTHOUGH - AFTER WORLD WAR I I , ATOMIC CLOCKS BEGAN PROVIDING MORE ACCURATE TIME - AND THEN , LESS EXPENSIVE WATCH BRANDS PUSHED ELGIN WATCHES ASIDE . THE [ ELGIN WATCH ] COMPANY DONATD THE ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY TO THE LOCAL SCHOOLS IN 1960 COMMON ERA - WHERE IT STILL STANDS TODAY . ALAS - THE [ ELGIN NATIONAL ] WATCH COMPANY ITSELF - NO LONGER DOS [ STILL STAND ] . THEY SHUT THEIR COMPANY S DOORS ND THEN SOLD OFF THEIR COMPANY S NAME - IN 1968 COMMON ERA WATCH . - + SCRIPT BY DAMON BENNINGFIELD [ 3 ] , COPYRIGHT DATED C 2014 COMMON ERA . - + CONTINUED HERE OVER OU7R NEXT SUCCESSIVE POSTINGS HERE - = - - + THE ADVANTAGE FROM THE STARS - = PRIOR TO THE Cs - ATOMIC CLCK STANDARD ! - = - stardate.org/radio/program/2014-10-21
Posted on: Tue, 21 Oct 2014 19:01:13 +0000
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