How mankind has used the sun, water, candles, sand, pendulums, springs, electronics, tuning forks, quartz crystals, etc. to tell time. Providing a quality Horological reference site for collectors and repairers alike. History of daylight saving time and how we use it to save energy. A very basic introduction to how electric clocks work, with animated pictures. Also a collection of cheap electric clocks with pictures and descriptions.
Horology is the science of time, timekeeping and timekeepers.
Organized collection of links to horological websites globally. A humorous approach towards explaining the nature of leap years, in particular why 2000 is a leap year. The Smithsonian Institute's exhibition on the changing ways we have measured, used, and thought about time over the past three hundred years. A descriptive presentation on the interaction of time of day and day of the week with the International Date Line. An article by Vincent Sauv elaborating upon a materialist view of the absolute and relative nature of time.