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The list Timekeeping includes
Charles F. Dowd, Simon Newcomb, House of Keglević, Louis Essen and William Willett.
The list consists of 20 members
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Simon Newcomb
American astronomer
Overview: Simon Newcomb (March 12, 1835 – July 11, 1909) was a Canadian–American astronomer, applied mathematician and autodidactic polymath, who was Professor of Mathematics in the United States Navy and at Johns ...Date of birth: 12 March 1835Date of death: 11 July 1909Age: 74 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: ScientistGender: Male
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House of Keglević
Croatian noble family
Overview: Keglević is a Croatian noble family originally from Dalmatia, whose members were prominent public citizens and military officers. The Keglevićs were patrons of the arts and were holders of the rights of ...Nationality: Croatian 0
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3.Overview: Charles F. Dowd (1825–1904) was a co-principal (with his wife Harriet M. Dowd) of the Temple Grove Ladies Seminary (now Skidmore College) in Saratoga Springs, New York. He was the first person to propose ... 0
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Louis Essen
British physicist
Overview: Louis Essen FRS O.B.E. (6 September 1908 – 24 August 1997) was an English physicist whose most notable achievements were in the precise measurement of time and the determination of the speed of light ...Date of birth: 6 September 1908Date of death: 24 August 1997Age: 88 (age at death)Nationality: BritishOccupation: Scientist 0
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William Willett
Proponent of British Summer Time
Overview: William Willett (10 August 1856 – 4 March 1915) was a British builder and a tireless promoter of British Summer Time.Date of birth: 10 August 1856Date of death: 4 March 1915Age: 58 (age at death)Nationality: BritishOccupation: InventorGender: Male 0
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Jaeger-LeCoultre
Swiss luxury watch and clock manufacturer
Overview: Manufacture Jaeger-LeCoultre SA, or simply Jaeger-LeCoultre, is a Swiss luxury watch and clock manufacturer founded by Antoine LeCoultre in 1833 and is based in Le Sentier, Switzerland. Since 2000, the ... 0
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William Markowitz
American astronomer
Overview: William Markowitz (February 8, 1907 in Vítkov, Austrian Silesia – October 10, 1998 in Pompano Beach, Florida) was an American astronomer, principally known for his work on the standardization of time.Date of birth: 8 February 1907Date of death: 10 October 1998Age: 91 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: Scientist 0
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Turns, rounds and time-keeping systems in games
Game mechanicsOverview: In video and other games, the passage of time must be handled in a way that players find fair and easy to understand. This is usually done in one of the two ways: real-time and turn-based. 0
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Split-flap display
Electromechanical display device
Overview: A split-flap display, or sometimes simply a flap display, is an electromechanical display device that presents changeable alphanumeric text, and occasionally fixed graphics. 0
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Fully automatic time
Form of race timing
Overview: Fully automatic time (abbreviated FAT) is a form of race timing in which the clock is automatically activated by the starting device, and the finish time is either automatically recorded, or timed by ... 0
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Timekeeping on Mars
proposed approaches to tracking date and time on the planet Mars
Overview: Though no standard exists, numerous calendars and other timekeeping approaches have been proposed for the planet Mars. The most commonly seen in the scientific literature denotes the time of year as the ... 0
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Timekeeper
An instrument or person that measures the passage of timeOverview: A timekeeper is a person that measures the passage of time. They may have additional functions in sports and business. 0
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Metronome
device that produces an audible click or other sound at a regular interval
Overview: A metronome (from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron) 'measure' and νόμος (nómos) 'law') is a device that produces an audible click or other sound at a uniform interval that can be set by the user, typically ... 0
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Tide dial
sundial listing the canonical hours
Overview: A tide dial, also known as a mass dial or a scratch dial, is a sundial marked with the canonical hours rather than or in addition to the standard hours of daylight. Such sundials were particularly common ... 0
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Water clock
timepiece in which time is measured by the flow of liquid into a vessel
Overview: A water clock, or clepsydra (from Ancient Greek κλεψύδρα (klepsúdra) 'pipette, water clock'; from κλέπτω (kléptō) 'to steal' and ὕδωρ (hydor) 'water'; lit. ' water thief'), is a timepiece by which ... 0
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Horology
Art or science of measuring timeOverview: Horology ("the study of time", related to Latin horologium from Greek ὡρολόγιον, "instrument for telling the hour", from ὥρα hṓra "hour; time" and -o- interfix and suffix -logy) is the study of the me ... 0
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GPS Week Number Rollover
Event occurring every 1024 weeks
Overview: The GPS week number rollover is a phenomenon that happens every 1,024 weeks, which is about 19.6 years. The Global Positioning System (GPS) broadcasts a date, including a week number counter that is stored ... 0
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Time standard
Specification for measuring timeOverview: A time standard is a specification for measuring time: either the rate at which time passes; or points in time; or both. In modern times, several time specifications have been officially recognized as ... 0
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Deal Timeball
Historic time signal in Deal, England
Overview: The Deal Timeball is a Victorian maritime Greenwich Mean Time signal located on the roof of a waterfront four-storey tower in the coastal town of Deal, in Kent, England. It was established in 1855 by the ... 0
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Time Ball Buildings, Leeds
Building in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK
Overview: Time Ball Buildings, Leeds is a Grade II* listed building in Briggate, Leeds, England. 0
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