Chronology and C Guide - Resources and Review

Illustrated account of ancient calendars, early clocks, the revolution in timekeeping, atomic age and world time scales.
 
Displays a calendar for any month or year selected, and identifies years, between the 1500s and 1900s, during which a specific date of a chosen month fell on a particular day.
 
Magazine of the British Horological Institute, concerned with the science and technology of clocks, watches, and timekeeping. It claims to be the oldest British technical journal, having been published without a break since 1858. Includes full text of articles of the month from June 1997, and an index of article titles and authors from 1992.
 
Collection of links to timelines of past and fictional future events in the fields of history and culture, science and technology, art and literature, popular culture and current events, and science fiction. Specific entries include the Suffrage Movement Timeline, Titantic's Chronology of Main Events, a Space Program Timeline, and a Chronology of Japan's Fine Arts.
 
Outlines the commonly held belief that the start of the third millennium occurred on January 1 2001. Explains why the year 0 was omitted between 1BC and 1AD, and tabulates the first and last days of each century and millennium.
 
Text of a lecture by the physicist Stephen Hawking, which discusses the origins of time and whether or not it will come to an end.
 
Set of four online lessons, complete with animations, covering the basic principles behind using electricity to keep time, including turning electricity into motion, the transistor
switched balance wheel, and the synchronous motor.
 
Articles and diagrams provide an insight into how pendulum clocks work using weights, gears, anchors, gravity, and the pendulum itself. Instructions are given on how to construct a pendulum clock, and readers' questions are answered.
 
Describes calendars currently in use such as Chinese, Christian, Indian, Islamic, and Jewish, along with those not currently in use, namely Ancient, French, Future, Mayan, and Roman. Discusses the origin and use of the seven day week calendar, and presents a timeline of calendar facts.
 
Searchable by country or city, this resource offers the current local time for any location throughout the world.
 
Index of Internet resources regarding horology (the science of timekeeping, clocks, and watches). Headings include time synchronisation and timekeeping standards, horological software, history of horology, time systems, and time zones.
 
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