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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

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 invented the mechanical clock?
Who wants time?
Time as a public institution
Early Watches
Privatization of time
The Horological Revolution (1660-1760)
Longitude
Watch-making and Protestantism
Manufacture of Clocks
The Watch Trade
Specialization and Division of Labour
Swiss Watches
Interchangeable Parts
The Quartz Watch
Revolution in Time by David S. Landes
Photo Credits Flickr images (CC licenced): Greefus groiks: Timex watch Leo Reynolds: Clock Squares CheekyBikerBoy: Black and White Curious Expeditions: Clockwork watch with innards Éole: Perpignan Train Station Wikimedia Commons images James Wainwrigth: Grainy Clock (CC licenced): Tower Racklever: Harrison's H5 Thomas Hawk: San Fransisco Church All other images are public domain dugspr: Peace Tower SuLeS: Pocket Watch in hands John S. Page: 'No Popery' sign Kaptain Kobold: Lego Pirates michaelGro: Rolex Sign

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