| Title |
Comments |
| The Pitch Drop Experiment |
In 1927 Professor Parnell heated a sample of pitch and poured it into glass funnel with a sealed stem. Three years were allowed for the pitch to settle, and in 1930 the sealed stem was cut. From that date on the pitch has slowly dripped out of the funnel. |
| Charles Babbage Institute |
About Charles Babbage, mechanical computation history as well as digital continuity. |
| Egyptology |
EGYPTOLOGY.COM Is the portal to the past for The Land of Ancient Egypt on the World Wide Web. |
| World Clock |
A satellite generated image of earth projected onto a flat plane showing areas of light and dark with many changeable parameters. |
| Calendar |
Reingold and Dershowitz create a Digital Calendar Library. |
| NIST Web Clock |
A Java clock set to the atomic clock at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. It also shows you your computer's clock so you can see how far it is off of NIST time. |
| Horology Index |
Horological, the study of timekeeping, index of web sites. |
| British Horological Institute |
Great resource, they are currently working on a 1000 year clock. |
| NAWCC |
NAWCC, The National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors,Inc., is a nonprofit and scientific corporation founded in 1943 and now serving the horological interests of more than 35,000 members around the world. |
| A Walk Through Time |
A site by NIST which depicts the evolution of time measurement. |
| Calendar Explaination |
A good description of calendrics from Nova. |
| Daylight Saving |
A great description of the hows and whys of Daylight Saving Time. |
