Find a vintage hourglass and compare it to the timer on a smartphone. If someone has a microwave from the 1980s that timer should run slower as well because it can't be updated through Wi-Fi. A vintage watch would probably work too, mechanical or very early digital models. Something that doesn't update all by itself.
Depends on how the timepiece keeps track of time. Many use the vibrations of a crystal, if those vibrations have changed too, the clock seconds would go faster.
Unless power frequency has stopped being consistent, none of this will change. There are plenty of old mechanical clocks out there that could do this experiment, except they won’t be slow, because time hasn’t changed. Gravitational force would also change, btw.
That is super dumb. Gravity works in a vacuum, negating any claim to it’s effect of “buoyancy”. Clocks sold to the public go out of synch because they aren’t calibrated that well. Even a dozen new clocks set to the same exact time will vary slightly after a week.
A nuclear clock, on the other hand, is calibrated so well that it only loses a second every ten years.
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ShadowWatcher ago
Find a vintage hourglass and compare it to the timer on a smartphone. If someone has a microwave from the 1980s that timer should run slower as well because it can't be updated through Wi-Fi. A vintage watch would probably work too, mechanical or very early digital models. Something that doesn't update all by itself.
GrowUpNoDinoNoSpace ago
Depends on how the timepiece keeps track of time. Many use the vibrations of a crystal, if those vibrations have changed too, the clock seconds would go faster.
WhyNoDonuts ago
Unless power frequency has stopped being consistent, none of this will change. There are plenty of old mechanical clocks out there that could do this experiment, except they won’t be slow, because time hasn’t changed. Gravitational force would also change, btw.
As for microwave with wifi, I’ve never seen it.
GrowUpNoDinoNoSpace ago
Gravity is not real...bouyancy is. And peoples clocks go out of synch all the time.
WhyNoDonuts ago
That is super dumb. Gravity works in a vacuum, negating any claim to it’s effect of “buoyancy”. Clocks sold to the public go out of synch because they aren’t calibrated that well. Even a dozen new clocks set to the same exact time will vary slightly after a week.
A nuclear clock, on the other hand, is calibrated so well that it only loses a second every ten years.