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#1 The Glorious Revolution in England in the late 1600s saw the deposition of the Catholic king of England and Scotland, James Stuart, and his replacement by his daughter, Mary, and her husband, William of Orange. This triggered a number of uprisings in the British Isles, including the Williamite War in Ireland.
#2 The solstice marker at Newgrange, Ireland, is a physical...
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"Sharp and engaging, A Brief History of Timekeeping is a story not just about the science of sundials, sandglasses, and mechanical clocks, but also the politics of calendars and time zones, the philosophy of measurement, and the nature of space and time itself"--
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