Sentence examples for to timekeeping from inspiring English sources

In 1929 the quartz crystal was first applied to timekeeping; this invention was probably the single greatest contribution to precision time measurement.

The City Council's approach to timekeeping brought to mind that of the Mursi people of southwestern Ethiopia, who, Levine writes, "treat the calendar as something to be discussed and argued about... mak[ing] up the details as they go along".

Today, almost fourteen billion years later, in a universe dense with cell phones, iPods, microwave ovens, and other objects displaying the current hour, minute, and second, the need for personal instruments dedicated solely to timekeeping is similarly close to nil.

Slovakia's president, Ivan Gasparovic, has interesting contrarian views on Serbia, but not much else.Viktor Yushchenko of Ukraine finds it hard to get up in the morning, so avoid any suggestion of a power breakfast, and notoriously wayward when it comes to timekeeping (your columnist once waited 11 hours).

That's because caesium was always a compromise element when it came to timekeeping.

Robert Hooke was one of history's most important scientists, coining the word "cell" and making profound contributions to timekeeping, astronomy, physics, and microscopy.

It is one of the things to learn from watching birds: to adjust to their timekeeping.

Twickenham, needless to say, does not possess anything as vulgar as a hooter, but the time has come to add independent timekeeping to the lengthy list of issues the authorities need to consider in the light of this tournament.

When the ramshackle ship Victoria made landfall at the Cape Verde islands after almost three years' absence from lands accustomed to Western timekeeping [6], he noted: On Wednesday, 9th July [1522], we … sent the boat ashore to obtain provisions … And we charged our men [that] they should ask what day it was.

Later in the month, he almost misses a Ryder Cup match with Keegan Bradley due to a timekeeping issue, but beats him as Europe recover from 10-6 behind on the final day to win at Medinah.

In mice engineered to lack timekeeping genes, cells didn't do that and regrowth of the liver slowed significantly.