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Dissemination of Astronomical and Atomic Time

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The standards by which time and intervals of time are measured are at present under review.

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SMITH, H. Dissemination of Astronomical and Atomic Time. Nature 221, 221–223 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/221221a0

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