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Ancient Timekeeping Devices

Ancient Timekeeping Devices is a singular academic construct referring to physical instruments developed in pre-modern civilizations that measure and display time through observable natural phenomena or mechanical processes, distinguishing them from both observational astronomy and abstract calendrical systems by their operational function in daily temporal regulation.

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56

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20

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2017–2026

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29

Gears from the Greeks. The Antikythera Mechanism: A Calendar Computer from ca. 80 B. C.

Derek de Solla Price · Transactions of the American Philosophical Society · 1974 · 201 citations

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The Evolution of the Quartz Crystal Clock*

W. A. Marrison · Bell System Technical Journal · 1948 · 96 citations

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Gears from the Greeks. The Antikythera Mechanism: A Calendar Computer from ca. 80 B. C.

Theodore N. Ballin, Derek de Solla Price · The Classical World · 1976 · 81 citations

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Studies in Ancient Astronomy. VIII. The Water Clock in Babylonian Astronomy

O. Neugebauer · Isis · 1947 · 56 citations

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Eine ramessidische Sonnenuhr im Tal der Könige

Susanne Bickel, Rita Gautschy · Zeitschrift für Ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde · 2014 · 54 citations · Full text

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Authors

56

  1. DD
    Derek de Solla Price

    Yale University, United States

    3 publications · 293 citations

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  2. SA
    Silvio A. Bedini

    Museum Conservation Institute, United States

    2 publications · 75 citations

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  3. AJ
    Andy J. Howard

    University of Birmingham, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 38 citations

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  4. CM
    C. Michel-Nozières

    Université Grenoble Alpes, France

    1 publications · 34 citations

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  5. JG
    J. G. Landels

    1 publications · 26 citations

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Institutions

20

  1. Harvard University Press

    Cambridge, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    14 citations

  2. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    48 citations

  3. Université Grenoble Alpes

    Saint-Martin-d'Hères, France

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    34 citations

  4. University of Bradford

    Bradford, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    76 citations

  5. McMaster University

    Hamilton, Canada

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    76 citations

  6. University of Leicester

    Leicester, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    38 citations

  7. University of Aberdeen

    Aberdeen, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    38 citations

  8. University of Birmingham

    Birmingham, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    8 publications

    304 citations

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Venues

  1. Technology and Culture

    5 publications · 141 citations

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  2. Journal for the History of Astronomy

    JHA · 2 publications · 52 citations

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  4. The Classical World

    1 publications · 81 citations

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  5. IEEE Transactions on Education

    1 publications · 48 citations

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