The redevelopment plan called for the hutongs and the old Drum Tower, a Beijing landmark, to accommodate a new museum of timekeeping, a high-end underground shopping center and parking.
If only Eric Parness had owned a stopwatch, a clock, a sundial — any kind of timekeeping device, really — "Reflections," a bill of one-acts by his Resonance Ensemble at the Lion Theater, would have been a sweet find.
The complex circuitry of such watches enabled them to perform a variety of timekeeping functions and also made possible digital readouts of the time in place of the traditional second, minute, and hour hands.
With only a hint of timekeeping drums, Droste sings in his falsetto above a piano ostinato and the quietest distorted guitar of the year.
The Egyptians therefore developed a number of alternative timekeeping instruments, including water clocks, and a system for tracking star movements.
[Seminal paper on how capitalism influences people's understanding of time. For a rebuttal of this, see the fascinating: Glennie, P., & Thrift, N. (2009). Shaping the Day: a History of timekeeping in England and Wales 1300-1800. Oxford University Press].Voth, H. J. (1998).
There were a number of compelling timekeeping trends that emerged.
Ms. Kowroski's long-limbed looks are spectacular, but her dancing is a matter of dutiful timekeeping.
"Not only do they embody the best of the Art Deco designs, but they also are a symbol of how timekeeping changed in the last century".
"It's hard to wrap the mind around this problem, which is really a figment of our timekeeping system," Dr. Gangestad said.
