Clocks provide a fascinating trace of cultural evolution. In the mechanical clocks chapter for example, we see the shift from oral to visual captured (pure striking clocks, faces with just hour hand, hour+minute hand)
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No I do mean oral. As in oral culture in storytelling. Also aural, but I find the sybolism between aural clocks and oral cultures interesting.
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Is it in Lever of Riches? That's the only thing I've read, and long ago.
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