[Legacy Report] Accurate Clocks and Their Applications

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Clocks are "everywhere;" not only in visible places, such as wrist watches and alarm clocks, but in everything electronic: radios, TVs, computers, radar systems, GPS.... The applications and fundamentals of quartz and atomic clocks will be reviewed. Emphasis will be on aspects that are of greatest interest to users (as opposed to designers).

The discussion will include:

• some interesting applications of clocks

• resonator and oscillator basics

• atomic clock basics

• characteristics and limitations of clocks, and recent developments

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