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Time and Clocks

by Henry Cunynghame
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Originally published in 1906. Delves into the physics of time measurement. Includes a description of the parts of a pendulum clock and a description of how watches work. From Chapter I, "Time is one of the most mysterious of our elementary ideas. It seems to exist or not to exist, according as we are thinking or not thinking. It seems to run or stand still and to go fast or slowly. How it drags through a wearisome lesson; how it flies during a game of cricket; how it seems to stop in sleep. If we measured time by our own thoughts it would be a very uncertain quantity. But other considerations seem to show us that Nature knows no such uncertainty as regards time, that she produces her phenomena in a uniform manner in uniform times, and that time has an existence independent of our thoughts and wills." Includes illustrations and an index.
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Publisher: Project Gutenberg

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  • Release date: April 18, 2017

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History Science Physics Nonfiction

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Originally published in 1906. Delves into the physics of time measurement. Includes a description of the parts of a pendulum clock and a description of how watches work. From Chapter I, "Time is one of the most mysterious of our elementary ideas. It seems to exist or not to exist, according as we are thinking or not thinking. It seems to run or stand still and to go fast or slowly. How it drags through a wearisome lesson; how it flies during a game of cricket; how it seems to stop in sleep. If we measured time by our own thoughts it would be a very uncertain quantity. But other considerations seem to show us that Nature knows no such uncertainty as regards time, that she produces her phenomena in a uniform manner in uniform times, and that time has an existence independent of our thoughts and wills." Includes illustrations and an index.
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History Science Physics Nonfiction
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