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by seabass-labrax 1118 days ago
Good point, and thinking about this further makes me realise just how stable the frequency of mains power is! Also, in the museum at the Greenwich Royal Observatory, I saw an exhibit of a clock which was synchronised with regular pulses in the mains electricity, which I believe were in addition to the usual 50Hz AC. However, I don't know if the power grid still has such a pulse in Britain, or whether there was/is a similar system in the USA.