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Should the British Museum Get a Smartwatch?

Oliver Cooke, the museum’s horology curator, talks about the 8,000 items in his care and the smartwatch debate.

How time was measured, and what it meant, across the centuries

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Dix Noonan Webb appoint Joanne Lewis as Watch Specialist

Dix Noonan Webb appoint Joanne Lewis as Watch Specialist Joanne has over 20 years’ experience working for the leading London auction houses, latterly working for Sotheby’s in New Bond Street. LONDON .- Mayfair auctioneers Dix Noonan Webb, the international coins, medals, banknotes and jewellery specialists, announced the appointment of Joanne Lewis, who joins the company as a Watch specialist. Currently, DNW hold four specialist Jewellery and Watches auctions a year, which include antiquarian, antique and modern diamond, pearl and gem set jewellery, wristwatches, pocket watches and associated ‘objects of vertu.’ Joanne has over 20 years’ experience working for the leading London auction houses, latterly working for Sotheby’s in New Bond Street. She joined Sotheby’s in 2004 as a watch cataloguer, and by 2010 was Deputy Director and Head of the Watch Department.

Sir Arnold Wolfendale obituary

Sir Arnold Wolfendale obituary Alan Watson Sir Arnold Wolfendale, the 14th astronomer royal, who has died aged 93, did much to advance understanding of cosmic rays, the stream of charged particles from outer space that continuously bombard the Earth’s atmosphere. For this purpose he assembled a strong team at Durham University, making it one of Britain’s leading centres for research in this field. In 1956 he joined the physics department as a lecturer, and during his time as professor (1965-92) established a highly regarded astronomy division. Secondary cosmic rays result from primary rays impacting on the Earth’s atmosphere. Among the secondary particles found at ground level are muons, one of the fundamental particles of the standard model of particle physics.