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This page contains information on the "Time-Flow Clocks" (water clocks), water calculators, and fountains of French scientist and artist Bernard Gitton.
Delightful Machines - Bernard Gitton's Liquid Science
The Astronomical Clock of Richard of Wallingford
This is one of four essays that I wrote for my M Phil degree in History and Philosophy of Science at Clare College, Cambridge, in 1990-91 (the others, on the transmission of science from the Greeks to the Arabs , medieval timekeeping and Sir Robert Ball , are also on this site as is my dissertation and a 1992 lecture based on some of the same material). I think it is the most interesting of the four.Front Page - The Long Now
The Long Now Foundation was established in 01996 to creatively foster long-term thinking and responsibility in the framework of the next 10,000 years. Read More...
Watchclocks.org
A watchman's clock provides a record of the time a watchman visits checkpoints. It shows reliability ... and motivates the faithful making of rounds. The value of the watchclock's record depends upon the assurance with which it can be read with respect to both where the man was and when he was there.
Joe Monincx All-Wood Clocks
We Offer Clock Kits & Clock Plans to build the internal workings of all-wood clocks, gears and all!
This year we are celebrating Classic Clock Kits' Silver Jubilee . Well over a thousand of our clocks have been made and are on display in homes all over the world. From time to time we have participated in international and local Model Engineer and Clock exhibitions, and on occasion have been able to give customers the opportunity to put their clocks on show to the public and to compete for awards.
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Vienna Regulator , a Brief Analysis of the Vienna Regulator and an Examination of the effects of 19th century Viennese vohneme Welt (high society) preferences on the design
Horology - The Index: Types & Notable Pieces
In the first half of the 1900's, time standard authorities used this clock as the source of the current time until the change-over to atomic clocks; the clock was so accurate that it indicated small variations in the earth's rotation.
