
Timekeeping
Patented: History of Inventions
What Happened in Europe?
Clockmaking pre-figure presidiously industrial revolution in some ways. It almost spurs it, says Sir Paul McCartney. The first mechanical clocks were probably developed in about 1275. Culture is one of the reasons that people invested heavily into clocks in the 17th and 18th centuries.
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