Can't find any info on this
Posted on: May 2, 2007 - 12:44pm
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Can't find any info on this
Does anyone know if there's ever been a study done on the correlation between the invention of the mechanical clock and the rise of organized religion? I've been thinking of doing a study, and can't find any history of any
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Are you meaning sundials or more advanced time measuring devices?
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i'm meaning the mechanical clock. The first clocks that ticked continously every second. Remember that the intelligent design is often derived from the example of a watch.
“We make our world significant by the courage of our questions and by the depth of our answers.” – Carl Sagan
Depending on how you look at it, you could point to anywhere between the 700's and the 1300's for the rise of mechanical clocks. They've had an interesting history. Wiki's got a fairly good article on them.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clock
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