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The clock, not the steam-engine, is the key-machine of the modern industrial age. --Lewis Mumford Perpignan, 1356 Su Sung's Water Clock, 1094 Mechanical Clock: a definition Verge with Pendulum Regulator (Huygens, 1658) So who

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The clock, not the steam-engine, is the key-machine of the modern industrial age.

  • -Lewis Mumford
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Perpignan, 1356

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Su Sung's Water Clock, 1094

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Mechanical Clock: a definition

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Verge with Pendulum Regulator (Huygens, 1658)

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So who invented the mechanical clock?

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Who wants time?

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Time as a public institution

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Early Watches

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Privatization of time

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The Horological Revolution (1660-1760)

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Longitude

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Watch-making and Protestantism

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Manufacture

  • f Clocks
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The Watch Trade

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Specialization and Division of Labour

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Swiss Watches

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Interchangeable Parts

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The Quartz Watch

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Revolution in Time

by David S. Landes

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Photo Credits

Flickr images (CC licenced):

Leo Reynolds: Clock Squares Curious Expeditions: Clockwork Éole: Perpignan Train Station James Wainwrigth: Grainy Clock Tower Thomas Hawk: San Fransisco Church dugspr: Peace Tower SuLeS: Pocket Watch in hands John S. Page: 'No Popery' sign Kaptain Kobold: Lego Pirates michaelGro: Rolex Sign Greefus groiks: Timex watch CheekyBikerBoy: Black and White watch with innards

Wikimedia Commons images (CC licenced):

Racklever: Harrison's H5 All other images are public domain