One. Variable Hours in a Changing Society

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Note on Names and Translations vii
4. Introduction 1
5. One. Variable Hours in a Changing Society 19
6. Two. Towers, Pillows, and Graphs: Variation in Clock Design 39
7. Three. Astronomical Time Measurement and Changing Conceptions of Time 59
8. Four. Geodesy, Cartography, and Time Measurement 90
9. Five. Navigation and Global Time 110
10. Six. Time Measurement on the Ground in Kaga Domain 131
11. Seven. Clock- Makers at the Crossroads 153
12. Eight. Western Time and the Rhetoric of Enlightenment 181
13. Conclusions 199
14. Acknowledgments 207
15. Appendix 1: Hours 209
16. Appendix 2: Seasons 211
17. Appendix 3: Years in the nengō System 213
18. Appendix 4: The kanshi , or e- to, Cycle 215
19. Notes 217
20. Bibliography 241
21. Index 257