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Crystals with Tyler Thrasher

SciShow Tangents

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The Seiko Crystal Chronometer QC 951

The Seiko crystal chronometer QC 951 was used in the Olympics to time longer races. These watches work by using a small piece of quartz as a tuning fork so that as an electric current passes through the crystal, the frequency of the quartz's vibrations gets converted into time. Almost 1921 feels like just a good year for some crazy crystal timekeeping shit to happen.

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