The world's first atomic clock, photograph by an unknown photographer, 1955.
The photograph here shows the world's first caesium atomic clock, which was built in collaboration between Louis Essen (right) and Jack Parry (left) at the National Physical Laboratory in the UK. It measured time based on the stable frequencies of certain atoms rather than the less accurate astronomical observations of previous time-keeping devices.
National Physical Laboratory, UK.
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