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By 1400, what had startedas a machine to tell people when to pray,had become a machine for...

By 1400, what had started
as a machine to tell people when to pray,
had become a machine for telling people
when to work

Full Transcript

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By 1400, what had started as a machine to tell people
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when to pray, had become a machine
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for telling people when to work.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
35
Timestamp in Movie
00:20:18
Uploaded
Jan 16, 2025
Season
1
Episode
5
Genres
documentary, history
Production
Frankfurter Filmwerkstatt

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Movie Summary

Follow James Burke through the history of science and technology in this collection of 10 1-hour episodes, starting with "The Trigger Effect."
S01 • E09 William Drummond had invented a light you could stick - Connections 00:17
William Drummond had invented a light you could stick
S01 • E05 Towns all over Europe got clocks, - Connections 00:11
Towns all over Europe got clocks,
S01 • E09 Inferior foreign lights paled into insignificance - Connections 00:12
Inferior foreign lights paled into insignificance
S01 • E09 The new light worked like this: - Connections 00:21
The new light worked like this:
S01 • E10 If there was ever a piece of technology that appealed - Connections 00:23
If there was ever a piece of technology that appealed
S01 • E09 Still, that wasn't the end of limelight, - Connections 00:05
Still, that wasn't the end of limelight,
S01 • E10 Trouble was, that thing took off as much on euphoria - Connections 00:18
Trouble was, that thing took off as much on euphoria
S01 • E03 Gunpowder was a Chinese invention, - Connections 00:29
Gunpowder was a Chinese invention,
S01 • E03 In the main, apart from the odd rocket or grenade, - Connections 00:12
In the main, apart from the odd rocket or grenade,
S01 • E02 In Regensburg, some of the more meaningful traditions - Connections 00:07
In Regensburg, some of the more meaningful traditions
S01 • E03 Which brings us, for a minute or two, - Connections 00:14
Which brings us, for a minute or two,
S01 • E03 The thing that surprises us, in the West, - Connections 00:15
The thing that surprises us, in the West,
S01 • E09 These are the docks at the quiet littlee kentish town - Connections 00:13
These are the docks at the quiet littlee kentish town
S01 • E09 It was made by soaking cotton in nitric and sulfuric acid; - Connections 00:10
It was made by soaking cotton in nitric and sulfuric acid;
S01 • E08 The kind of air that comes off rotting vegetation, - Connections 00:21
The kind of air that comes off rotting vegetation,
S01 • E09 The scene: a Colorado saloon; - Connections 00:27
The scene: a Colorado saloon;
S01 • E06 This is the standard view of the industrial revolution: - Connections 00:08
This is the standard view of the industrial revolution:
S01 • E02 But lightning got taken really seriously - Connections 00:07
But lightning got taken really seriously
S01 • E06 But although these machines slammed the world into the industrial age -- - Connections 00:11
But although these machines slammed the world into the indus...
S01 • E09 At first, he and his ball seemed harmless enough; - Connections 00:11
At first, he and his ball seemed harmless enough;