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  • Baby Ostriches on the Ocean

    Baby Ostriches on the Ocean

    The South African Ostrich (Struthio camelus australis), also known as the Black-Necked Ostrich, Cape Ostrich or Southern Ostrich is a subspecies of the common ostrich endemic to Southern Africa. In the 18th century, ostrich feathers were so popular in ladies’ fashion that they disappeared from all of North Africa. If not for ostrich farming, which […]

  • African Penguin Colony at Boulders Bay

    African Penguin Colony at Boulders Bay

    African Penguins are adorable and endangered flightless birds from Southern Africa

  • Cape Fur Seals on Duiker Island

    Cape Fur Seals on Duiker Island

    Duiker Island is a windswept atoll with thousands of Cape Fur seals

  • Plant and Animal Petroglyphs in Little Petroglyph Canyon

    Plant and Animal Petroglyphs in Little Petroglyph Canyon

    Little Petroglyph Canyon has ancient and beautiful rock art

  • Birds and Blossoms in Placerita Canyon California

    Birds and Blossoms in Placerita Canyon California

    Placerita Canyon near Santa Clarita and Los Angeles is a beautiful collection of native plants and birds

Clocks and Astrolabes

Clocks have always fascinated me. Measuring the passage of time was the high technology of ancient and in fact recent times, allowing feats of navigation and exploration that would have been difficult or impossible without them. The earliest clocks relied on shadows cast by the sun, and hence were not useful in cloudy weather or at night. Mechanical clocks employing the verge escapement mechanism were invented in Europe at around the start of the 14th century, and became the standard timekeeping device until the spring-powered clock and pocket watch in the 16th century, followed by the pendulum clock in the 17th century. During the 20th century, quartz oscillators were invented, followed by atomic clocks.

Arabian Astrolabes, Clocks and Sundials, British Museum
Astrolabes and Sundials. Musée des Arts et Métiers, Paris
Clockwork Automatons at the Kunstkammer Wein, Vienna
Dieppe, La Côte d’Albâtre, Normandy
French Corsaires. Musée d’Histoire de St Malo, St Malo, France
French Maritime Museum Navigation Instruments, Paris
French Revolution Decimal Watches
Portrait Miniatures on Watches at the Petit Palace, Paris

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