Explorations: Heavenly Machine - Clocks - The escape from nature given by clocks and machines
Duration: 4 mins 5 secs
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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.
Simon Schaffer explains how clock time alienated human beings, so that they no longer obeyed the natural rhythms. Clock-making also provided the skills necessary for many other forms of industrial development. A mixture of luxury and efficiency. |
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| Created: | 2018-03-09 17:48 |
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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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