11 Sep
2001
11 Sep
'01
3:17 p.m.
On Mon, 10 Sep 2001, Wayne M. Smith wrote:
Relative youngster! What comes to mind immediately - and I know that
I was thinking `clocks', but Stomehenge could seem to possibly
qualify as a timekeeping mechanism! (Love that place! Been there
a couple times and never tire of it.)
- don
On Mon, 10 Sep 2001, Chris wrote:
> >So... what are the most outstanding examples of classic
systems whose
> >timekeeping mechanisms have withstood
the passage of
time (including any
that would have if they were still running today)?
Big Ben in London? :-p there are older ones - is the chiming clock in
the Piazza
San Marco of
Venice that has been telling time since prior to
1492.
- don
Stonehenge?