Talk:John W. Nystrom

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[edit] Quote

"I am not afraid, or do not hesitate, to advocate a binary system of arithmetic and metrology. I know I have nature on my side; if I do not succeed to impress upon you its utility and great importance to mankind, it will reflect that much less credit upon our generation, upon scientific men and philosophers."
(Quotation: John W. Nystrom, ca. 1863)

Since there is no citation for this quote (even the year is given with uncertainty), I am removing it. If anyone can verify a source, feel free to add it back to the article.

--Wechselstrom 07:46, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Florence Mean Time graphic

I removed the graphic labelled "Florence Mean Time" because it depicts a hexadecimal clock that is unrelated to Nystrom's. Some readers may be confused into thinking that it represents Nystrom's original design or a modern incarnation of his design. It represents neither, so it doesn't belong on this page. One of Nystrom's articles in the Journal of the Franklin Institute had a nice graphic of his clockface. Unfortunately, my photocopy of it is currently in storage, but that would be a graphic well worth putting on this page.

Wechselstrom (talk) 22:35, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

Ah, Google has the real graphic (and the rest of Nystrom's book). See:

http://books.google.com/books?id=aNYGAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA105&source=gbs_selected_pages&cad=0_1#PPA34,M1

Wechselstrom (talk) 23:07, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

I uploaded an image of the clockface and added it to the page. --Wechselstrom (talk) 21:48, 27 May 2008 (UTC)