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From ancient sundials to today's atomic clocks, the quest to quantify time has profoundly influenced civilization.
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Markus Lutz, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
Bill Nye helps create a sundial at Cornell University that glows when the Sun reaches its daily peak in the sky.
—Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 2 Sep. 2011
Taxidermied crabs and macaws share space with a beguiling pocket sundial from the 16th century.
—Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2024
In the year 2000, the community erected the Millennium Monument, a massive stone sculpture that also acts as a sundial.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 27 Nov. 2023
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Markus Lutz, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
Bill Nye helps create a sundial at Cornell University that glows when the Sun reaches its daily peak in the sky.
—Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 2 Sep. 2011
Taxidermied crabs and macaws share space with a beguiling pocket sundial from the 16th century.
—Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2024
In the year 2000, the community erected the Millennium Monument, a massive stone sculpture that also acts as a sundial.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 27 Nov. 2023
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Among their highlights were Schiaparelli and Mugler’s exaggerated hourglass shapes, but the bulbous ones at Comme de Garçons were also noteworthy.Alex Badia, WWD, 7 Oct. 2024
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A couple of cute guys sported Pierrot pajamas and a slouchy golden-beige sweater over a black linen kilt; an hourglass black jacket—its waist nipped as if someone had inhaled in shock—came with stovepipe pants with scrunched hems; a downtown Degas tulle petticoat looked decidedly Black Swan-ish.Mark Holgate, Vogue, 12 Sep. 2024
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Before time zones, people used other methods of telling time like sun dials and water clocks.Katie Wiseman, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Mar. 2024
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The story of precision timing begins with primitive yet ingenious methods like sundials and water clocks, markers of humanity's first steps in timekeeping.Markus Lutz, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
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These recommendations have become more accurate as teams have gone from stopwatches and handheld engine thermometers to in-car sensors that produce 1.1 million data points per second.Chris Hawes, CNBC, 28 Oct. 2024
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The desk clock also lacks a stopwatch and a chime that rings at the top of each hour but adds features not found on Casio’s basic digital watches like a thermometer and a humidity sensor.Andrew Liszewski, The Verge, 9 Oct. 2024
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“Sundial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sundial. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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