Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2070: Time and Ruth Belville
Posted on · Episode: 2070 The Belville family: Selling time for 103 years. Today, Ruth Belville tells us the time.
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Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2038: Leap Second
Posted on · Episode: 2038 Putting a leap second in an elastic year. Today, we add a second to our lives.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2364: The Longest Year in History
Posted on · Episode: 2364 46 BC: In which Julius Caesar creates the longest year. Today, UH scholar Richard Armstrong tells us about the longest year in history.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2364: The Longest Year
Posted on · Episode: 2364 46 BC: In which Julius Caesar creates the longest year. Today, UH scholar Richard Armstrong tells us about the longest year in history.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1580: Su-Sung’s Clock
Posted on · Episode: 1580 Su-Sung’s wonderful eleventh-century water clock. Today, Su-Sung’s wonderful clock.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1469: The Hourglass
Posted on · Episode: 1469 The hourglass: the poor man’s clock, the poor man’s metaphor. Today, let’s look at the hourglass.