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From: Mills@UDEL.EDU
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Subject: Re:  Leaping clocks
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Date: 2 Jan 88 16:22:17 GMT
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Phil,

In that reference (Seventh Edition, 1985) it also points out that on 1 January
1972 the NBS reference was retarded ten seconds with respect to the International
Atomic Time (TAI) scale maintained by the BIH. Since leap seconds have been
syncronized since then, I conclude the whole thing is a plot to make sure
the rest of the world is always ahead of us.

Dave