Explorations: Heavenly Machine - Clocks - The spread of mechanical clocks
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Background to the Channel 4 Millennium Series ‘The Day the World Took Off’, shown in 2000. With thanks to Windfall Films.
The advantages of mechanical clocks and their spread in north-western Europe, and the part they played in regulating work and extracting profit. Simon Schaffer explains. |
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| Created: | 2018-03-09 17:22 |
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| Collection: | A History of the World (The Day the World Took Off) |
| Publisher: | University of Cambridge |
| Copyright: | Prof Alan Macfarlane |
| Language: | eng (English) |
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