Clocking In: The Endnotes
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Channel: Alliterative · 2017 · Education
A brief history of clocks and time measurement and related etymologies, to go with the video on the Future Tense in English https://youtu.be/K_8EHxQshEI Thank you to all our Patreon supporters! Please check out our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheEndlessKnot Endless Knot merchandise, including our etymological Christmas card, can be found in our store: http://www.cafepress.ca/endlessknot Sources and more information: www.alliterative.net Image credits: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Statue_d%27Alfred_le_Grand_%C3%A0_Winchester.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kerzenuhr.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Melbourne_sundial_at_Flagstaff_Gardens.JPG https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Clepsydra-Diagram-Fancy.jpeg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marduk-apla-iddina_II.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Clock.jpeg https://pixabay.com/en/astrology-zodiac-sign-horoscope-2792352/ https://pxhere.com/en/photo/1173932 https://www.flickr.com/photos/nationallibrarynz_commons/6047169324/ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Girdle-Monks-(1).jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:YB4001Canon_Frere_Jacques.png https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Christmas_Eve,_Bethlehem_-_Franciscan_monks_ringing_the_bells_at_midnight_in_the_Church_of_the_Nativity_Art.IWMART1531.jpg http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1883044 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:St_Albans_Clock_Tower.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Christiaan_Huygens.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Huygens_first_pendulum_clock_-_front_view.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Anchor_Escapement.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bracket_Clock_by_Daniel_Quare.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Astronomical_Clock,_Prague.jpg Website: http://www.alliterative.net/ Blog: http://www.alliterative.net/blog Twitter: https://twitter.com/alliterative Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alliterativeendlessknot Google Plus: https://plus.google.com/115113245513532543153/about Tumbler: http://alliterative-endlessknot.tumblr.com/ SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/alliterative Podcast: http://www.alliterative.net/podcast or https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/endless-knot-podcast-endless/id1016322923?mt=2 Click here to sign up for our video email list, to be notified when new videos are posted: http://eepurl.com/6YuJv Click here to sign up for our podcast email list, to be notified when new podcast episodes go up: http://eepurl.com/btmBZT
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