1.0Lafayette Magazine Summer 2013https://magazine.lafayette.edu/summer2013gaulahttps://magazine.lafayette.edu/summer2013/author/gaula/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="WSwXylHAgI"><a href="https://magazine.lafayette.edu/summer2013/2013/07/10/from-the-archives-early-measures/">From the Archives: Early Measures</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://magazine.lafayette.edu/summer2013/2013/07/10/from-the-archives-early-measures/embed/#?secret=WSwXylHAgI" width="600" height="338" title="“From the Archives: Early Measures” — Lafayette Magazine Summer 2013" data-secret="WSwXylHAgI" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://magazine.lafayette.edu/summer2013/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2013/07/archive-featured.jpg150130Computers, lasers, and other advanced tools for taking measurements have improved accuracy and pushed the boundaries of knowledge. While early devices have mostly become museum artifacts, their beauty and handcrafted details remain admirable, as evidenced in these examples from the Department of Physics museum. A ship’s clock, or marine chronometer, measures the time of a […]