Talk:Time ball
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Main source of info is local museem in deal, kent, based in the time ball tower on the seafront. (ie, not totaly reliable, but dont see why it would be wong) 195.137.54.92 20:44, 30 Jul 2004 (UTC)
It appears to me that this is the basis for the tradition of dropping the ball at midnight on New Year's Eve. If I'm correct should that be mentioned in the article? -R. fiend 05:27, 26 Oct 2004 (UTC)
- To be honnest i havent got a clue on that one, hm, in need of a bit more reasurch i think... tooto 21:08, 3 Nov 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Noontime?
The article is confusing when it mentions that timeballs were typically dropped at Noon in the USA, then goes on to say they were NOT usually dropped at noon b/c the observatories were busy making observations. Does this just mean that's why countries besides the US chose a later time?
