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TIME SIGNALS FOR THE ECLIPSE.—Very ample arrangements have been made by the Astronomer Royal, in conjunction with Mr. Hope Jones and Mr. P. H. Hepburn, and with the kind co-operation of the B.B.C., for transmitting time signals on the morning of the eclipse. The 6-dot signals will be sent at 511 Om, 5h 15m, 5h 20m, and 5h 30m U.T. The sixth is the exact minute. Also every second, except 29s and 59s of each minute, from 5h 22m to 5h 26m U.T., which covers the whole period of totality in Great Britain (Summer Time 1 hour greater than above). The minutes and every fifth second will be named verbally. The signals will be transmitted from Daventry (wave-length, 1600 metres), and we understand from London also. A full rehearsal of the programme was given on Saturday, June 11. Probably no previous eclipse has had such facilities for accurate time determination.
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Our Astronomical Column. Nature 119, 903 (1927). https://doi.org/10.1038/119903a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/119903a0