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Tag: escapement mechanism

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1580: Su-Sung’s Clock

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on October 5, 2018 · Episode: 1580 Su-Sung’s wonderful eleventh-century water clock. Today, Su-Sung’s wonderful clock.

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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1535: Inventing the Clock

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on July 6, 2018 · Episode: 1535 The mechanical clock as tactile philosophy. Today, we invent the mechanical clock.

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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1417: A Metaphor Collapses

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on October 27, 2017 · Episode: 1417 In which the medieval clock metaphor finally collapses. Today, a metaphor dies.  

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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1383: Owning Time

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on August 9, 2017 · Episode: 1383 In which we invent the watch and take possession of time. Today, we look at time as a new possession.  

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