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๐ Dive Deeper - How Modern Clocks Work
- All clocks are based on a process that repeats continuously.
- Modern clocks use very rapid vibrations.
- Quartz clocks use vibrations from a quartz crystal.
- Atomic clocks use vibrations from specific atoms.
- Huygens' pendulum clocks could lose 10 seconds per day.
- Atomic clocks lose only one second in millions of years.
- Scientists are still searching for more accurate clocks.
