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Featured article: August 7, 2008

The hourglass was one of the earlier timekeeping devices

The history of timekeeping devices begins thousands of years ago with the invention of the sexagesimal system of time measurement in approximately 2000 BC, in Sumer. The Ancient Egyptians divided the day into two 12-hour periods and used large obelisks to track the movement of the Sun. They also developed water clocks, which were probably first used in the Precinct of Amun-Re, and later outside Egypt as well. Other ancient timekeeping devices include the candle clock, used in China, Japan, England, and Iraq; the timestick, used in India and Tibet, as well as some parts of Europe; and the hourglass, which functioned similarly to a water clock. The first clock with an escapement, which transferred rotational energy into discrete motions, appeared in China in the 8th century, and Muslim engineers invented weight-driven clocks in the 11th century. Mechanical clocks were introduced to Europe at the turn of the 14th century, and became the standard timekeeping device until the 20th century. During the 20th century, quartz oscillators were invented, followed by atomic clocks. Atomic clocks are far more accurate than any previous timekeeping device, and are used to calibrate other clocks and to calculate the proper time on Earth; a standardized civil system, Coordinated Universal Time, is based on atomic time. (more...)

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The earliest surviving phonograph cylinder recording of music. Recorded on a paraffin cylinder on June 29, 1888 by George Gouraud. (file info)

Featured picture: August 12, 2008
Forked tongue

The head of a Coastal Carpet Python, the largest subspecies of Morelia spilota, a non-venomous Australian python, showing its forked tongue, a feature common to many reptiles, who smell using the tip of their tongue. Having a forked tongue allows them to tell which direction a smell is coming from.

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Featured list: List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Somerset
This is a list of the Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) in Somerset, England, United Kingdom. In England the body responsible for designating SSSIs is Natural England, which chooses a site because of its fauna, flora, geological or physiographical features.1 As of 2009, there are 127 sites designated in this Area of Search, of which 83 have been designated due to their biological interest, 35 due to their geological interest, and 9 for both.2


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Site name Reason for Designation Area[A] Grid reference[B] Year in which notified Map[C]
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Aller and Beer Woods Green tickY   56.9 140.6 ST404305 1952 1
Aller Hill Green tickY   18.4 45.4 ST408291 1988 2
Asham Wood Green tickY   141.6 347.5 ST705460 1963 3
Axbridge Hill and Fry's Hill Green tickY   67.1 160.1 ST433555 1990 4
Babcary Meadows Green tickY   13.6 31.6 ST567293 1988 5
River Barle Green tickY   104.2 257.5 SS723423 1997 6

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