Marrison Fabricates Electric Clock with Quartz Resonator
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- Series: Great Events: 1900-2001
- Categories: Science, Technology, Inventions, Environmental Issues
- Subcategories: Scientists, Physics, Physicists, Earth Sciences
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950
- Geographical Location: United States
- Date: 1929
Article abstract: The fabrication of an electric clock with a quartz resonator led to the development of extremely accurate, relatively inexpensive clocks that could be used in computers and microprocessors.
From Complex Mechanisms to Quartz Crystals
William Alvin Marrison’s fabrication of the electric clock began a new era in time-keeping. Electric clocks are more accurate and more reliable than mechanical clocks, since they have fewer moving parts and are less likely to malfunction.
An electric clock is a device that generates a string of...
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