Brearley, Harry Chase, 1870-, Ingersoll, Robt. H., & Bro · New York, Pub. by Doubleday, Page & Co. for Robert H. Ingersol & Bros. · leaf 98
portant step of j . a real clock, and that this occui the close of the tenth century—or to be more .out 990 A. D. This period was one of densest superstition, and expectancy of the c i Id was in the air, since many people had fixe the year 1000 A. D. as the date of that cataclysmic event. rhorities… … The Clocks Which Named Themselves fixed largely upon theological, political, or military affairs;but, of course, inquiring and constructive minds were stillto be found; even without encouragement these tended tofollow the impulse of their natures. It is to the monks in their cloisters that we…
Time measurements · Clocks and watches
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