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E Felicitas Arias, Demetrios Matsakis, Terry J Quinn

    IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control
    |June 2, 2018
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    This paper traces the evolution of timekeeping from early navigation clocks to modern optical frequency standards. It explores the history of time standards and the future definition of the second.

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