"The key engineering breakthrough giving rise to the mechanical clock was the escapement." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escapement#mediaviewer/File:Anchor_escapement_animation_217x328px.gif …
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"Civilization is filled with these implicit contracts, enforced more by custom than by strong security or integrity, embedded in the world."
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(from this, on time as a fungible measure of sacrifice http://szabo.best.vwh.net/synch.html )
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