David William Dye

For the David Dye who hosts a syndicated public radio music program, see World Cafe.

David William Dye FRS (1887–1932) was an English physicist who conducted much early work in, and proved the concept of, quartz clocks. Louis Essen joined Dye's research group at the National Physical Laboratory in 1929 and went on to develop practical clocks after Dye's death.

Bibliography

• Cook, A. (2001). "Time and the Royal Society". Notes and Records of the Royal Society 55: 9. doi:10.1098/rsnr.2001.0123.  edit
• a., E. V. (1932). "David William Dye. 1887-1932". Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 1: 75. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1932.0016. JSTOR 768964.  edit
• Marrison, Warren A. (1948). "The Evolution of the quartz crystal clock". Bell System Technical Journal 27: 510–88. http://www.ieee-uffc.org/main/history.asp?file=marrison. 

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Name	Dye, David William
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Date of birth	1887
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Date of death	1932
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