Taking the Measure of Time.
Chronicles the evolution of timekeeping devices as of 1999. The basis behind the sundial and water clock; The invention of the mechanical clock; The effect of a pendulum on a clock's accuracy; The development of a chronometer for determining time and position at sea; The impact of mass production.
| Publicado en: | Smithsonian Vol. 30; no. 9; pp. 52 - 62 |
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Smithsonian Magazine
Dec99
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