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The shift from "material flow" clocks (sand, water, burning candles) to mechanical seems significant somehow. Though both water/sand and springs/weights "store" potential energy, latter seems more rarefied
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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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