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An Atomic Standard of Frequency and Time Interval: Definition of the Second of Time

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BULLARD, E. An Atomic Standard of Frequency and Time Interval: Definition of the Second of Time. Nature 176, 282 (1955). https://doi.org/10.1038/176282a0

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