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- "Orologio" at the St. Mark's Square Tower, Venice - Antica Orologeria Zamberlan - Website of Antica Orologeria Zamberlan, Italy. Extensive technical & historical explanation of the restoration and controversy of the "Orologio" Tower at St. Mark's Square, Venice.
www.orologeria.com/english/tower/index.htm
- Abbey Clock Clinic - Mark Headrick's Horology Page - Traditional horology website, filled with information and mantainance tips. Technical descriptions and troubleshooting of escapements. Grandfather clocks, wall clocks, watches, etc
home.talkcity.com/Terminus/mvhw
- Allan Variance -- Overview by David W. Allan - Core algorithm of international time scale has multiple metrology applications, from atomic clock frequency characterization to definition of the meter. Equation, explanation and publications.
www.allanstime.com/AllanVariance
- Antique Horology - The Horological Foundation's directory of web sites for watches, clocks, instruments and barometers.
www.antique-horology.org
- Clock a History - A brief history of time keeping. How mankind has used the sun, water, candles, sand, pendulums, springs, electronics, tuning forks, quartz crystals, etc. to tell time.
www.ernie.cummings.net/clock.htm
- Cumbria Clock Company - Company specialized in all aspects of work connected with church clocks, public clocks, and tower clocks which includes the full historical restoration of antique clock movements.
www.clockmaker.co.uk
- David Knight - Watchmaker from UK - Articles and pictures of the first two watches made by David Knight. Rich artistic pictures.
www.davidknight-watchmaker.com
- Daylight Saving Time - History of daylight saving time and how we use it to save energy.
www.webexhibits.com/daylightsaving
- Horology - A Great Hobby - A very basic introduction to how electric clocks work, with animated pictures. Also a collection of cheap electric clocks with pictures and descriptions.
home.clara.net/steve.thackery/clocks/horindex.htm
- Horology - Robert Terwilliger - A portrait gallery of over 135 outstanding horologists, past and present.
www.shadow.net/~bobt/annex/horology.htm
- Horology.com - Horology is the science of time, timekeeping and timekeepers. Organized collection of links to horological websites globally.
www.horology.com
- How Stuff Works: Time - Complete five-part explanation of time and how it is measured, including information about clocks, time zones, calendars, BC and AD.
www.howstuffworks.com/time.htm
- How The Days of the Week Got Their Names - A short history of the week and each day of the week.
www.indepthinfo.com/weekdays/index.shtml
- Jens Olsen's Astronomical Clock - Description of the restoration of Jens Olsens Astronomical Clock, a masterpiece in Copenhagen City Hall that consists of 15.448 individual parts.
www.ateliera.dk/olsen.htm
- Leap Year Calculation for Year 2000 - A response to a VMS problem report giving a detailed explanation of why 2000 is a leap year.
www.openvms.digital.com/openvms/products/year-2000/leap.html
- Leap Year Frequently Argued Questions - A humorous approach towards explaining the nature of leap years, in particular why 2000 is a leap year.
world.std.com/%7Edpbsmith/leapyearfaq.txt
- Louis Essen - Autobiography of the physicist who built the world's first operational atomic clock.
www.btinternet.com/~time.lord
- Mark Frank's Home Page - Website showing the restoration of a french flat bed tower clock in great detail, step by step, as well as other information and links of tower clock sites.
www.my-time-machines.net
- On Time - The Smithsonian Institute's exhibition on the changing ways we have measured, used, and thought about time over the past three hundred years.
americanhistory.si.edu/ontime
- Online Clock Building - Watch a master clockmaker building a clock movement from scratch. Hundreds of photos and drawings, plus a complete description of the process and CAD plans.
www.onlineclockbuilding.com
- Pocket Horology - National chapter of the NAWCC dedicated to collaborative research on the history and horology of pocket watches.
www.pocketwatch.org
- The Bones of Time - Extensively describes the relationship between time, gravitation and energy. Detailed experiments to demonstrate the concepts are included.
www.geocities.com/thebonesoftime
- The History of Clocks and Watches - Learn about the history of clocks and watches, and discover the evolution of timekeeping devices from the first primitive sundials to the ultramodern atomic clocks. Includes a timeline.
home.rochester.rr.com/kjmpage/clockshistory.html
- Towerclocks.org - Towerclocks in the World - Descriptions, photos and history of tower clocks in the world (English, Español, Português).
www.towerclocks.org
- Why Time is Absolute, and Relative, But Never Universal - An article by Vincent Sauvé elaborating upon a materialist view of the absolute and relative nature of time.
home.pacbell.net/skeptica/time.html
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