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Canberra Times

Location

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Date

Sep 06, 1946

Page

5

Fragile Watch Accuracy in Early Timekeeping

A historical note discusses ancient timepieces and their precision limits. It explains that a wristwatch may drift by tens of seconds daily and that even small errors accumulate to minutes, highlighting the challenges of maintaining perfect time with early mechanisms.

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