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» A History of Time 
A two-part article that discusses physicist's evolving view of time.
http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/HistTopics/Time_1.html
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» A Walk Through Time 
An illustrated history of timekeeping from ancient times to the present.
http://physics.nist.gov/GenInt/Time/time.html
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» Countdown 
Calculate the exact time in days, hours, minutes and seconds from now until your birthday or any other event.
http://www.spiders.com/portfolio/demos/countdown/
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» Daylight Saving Time 
Why do we use daylight savings time and who invented it?
http://www.mrdowling.com/601-daylight.html
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» How Stuff Works: Time 
Complete five-part explanation of time and how it is measured, including information about clocks, time zones, and calendars.
http://www.howstuffworks.com/time.htm
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» Industrious Clock 
Clock using video of a hand drawing to display the time.
http://yugop.com/ver3/stuff/03/fla.html
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» International Standard Date and Time Notation 
International Standard ISO 8601 specifies numeric representations of date and time. It helps to avoid confusion caused by the many different national notations.
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/iso-time.html
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» Latitude and Longitude 
Introduction to latitude and longitude, a way of calculating exactly where you are anyplace on earth and a way to tell time.
http://www-spof.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Slatlong.htm
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» Make Your Own Star Clock 
Learn how to tell time by finding constellations in the night sky.
http://www.lhs.berkeley.edu/StarClock/starclockprintout.html
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» Making a Horizontal Sundial 
Learn how to make a sundial. Instructions are for beginners, intermediate, or advanced, and work for either the northern or southern hemispheres.
http://www.lmsal.com/YPOP/Classroom/Lessons/Sundials/sundials.html
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» Making a Sun Clock 
Before there were clocks, people used shadows to tell time. Learn how to make your own sun clock!
http://www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer/sunclock.html
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» NPR : 'Seize the Daylight' 
Talks about the complicated politics and curious history of daylight standard time.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4572036
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» On Time 
Learn about the history of time measuring devices in this online Smithsonian Institute exhibit. Page discusses how the accuracy of watches and clocks affected people's perception and usage of time.
http://americanhistory.si.edu/ontime/
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» Science Museum - Atomic Clocks 
Talks about how different types of atomic clocks work, and the history of their invention.
http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/onlinestuff/stories/atomic_clocks.aspx
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» The Hourglass 
The University of Houston College of engineering, describes how an hourglass works and also provides interesting facts about this timekeeper.
http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi1469.htm
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» Time 
Just how do we measure time and what has Greenwich England got to do with it?
http://www.mrdowling.com/601-time.html
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» Time Travel 
Is time travel possible? See what Carl Sagan and Einstein had to say about time travel in this NOVA special.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/time/
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» What Time Is It! 
Gives the current time, synchronized by NIST. Close to 100 different time zones supported, as well as the ability to select the default time zone.
http://www.whattimeisit.com/
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» World Time Converter 
Provides online times converter and brief information about GMT/UTC.
http://www.gkindia.com/bitsol_time/
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Category Editor: xixtasLast Updated: 2007-12-03 05:37:30
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