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Re:Watchmakers Were the Great Inventors by drcwpl on Monday November 25, 2024 @11:45AM (#42237737)
Yes, it is true, those works are engineering beauties. Maybe the intricate nature of working so close to all of those cogs inspired them to think about solving other real world problems. I have long been fascinated with time and the human invention of measuring it.
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Re:Watchmakers Were the Great Inventors by Robotenomics on Monday November 25, 2024 @11:53AM (#42237803)
I will look for more watchmaker examples. I read ?Boorsteins? Discoverers, it had a long chapter on the discovery of time as a human invention
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Re:Watchmakers Were the Great Inventors by drcwpl on Monday November 25, 2024 @11:55AM (#42237813)
I know that book well, the first chapter starts with "The first discovery was time." Great reminder.
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