Bell Telephone Laboratories

This is where the first quartz clock was developed by Warren Marrison.

Parent Map

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Coordinates

Latitude: 40.683848200000
Longitude: -74.401133900000

Timeline of Events Associated with Bell Telephone Laboratories

Date Event Manage

Early Bell Labs Crystal Oscillators
1927 to 1928

Crystal Oscillator - Quartz Clock

This modern clock uses an electronic oscillator controlled by a quartz crystal to keep time. Because of the very percise fequency of the crystal oscillator, these clocks are at least an order of magnitude more accurate than mechanical clocks.