Abstract
Comparison of photographic zenith tube (P.Z.T.) observations with time derived from quartz-crystal clocks during 1951 to 1955 and with cesium standards of frequency during 1955 to 1958 indicates that the seasonal variation is nearly the same from year to year. Lunar-tidal inequalities of semi-monthly and monthly periods with amplitudes of about 0S.001 each were found. A preliminary value of the Love number, k, is derived. Observations made since 1952 with the dual-rate moon position camera are used to derive ΔT = ET – UT. Comparison of the P.Z.T. observations and atomic standards at the National Physical Laboratory and the Naval Research Laboratory shows details of the irregular variation from 1955 to 1958.
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