LSR 2110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Sundial, Balance Spring, Watch
10 Feb 2016
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Leisure as free time def: as the portion of time which remains when time for work and the basic requirements for existence have been satisfied (after you have completed work) A quantitative understanding of leisure see categories of time use chart on ppt. Measured in a unit that you can add and subtract. Existence time (biological) subsistence (work) leisure (discretionary/non-obligatory) How long it took to do a specific task that was consistent with how long it took to do them reference to natural processes at a steady rate. Ex: if you plant corn in the spring, how many weeks does it. Processes in nature that usually take the same amount of take until it sprouts/until its ready to be harvested time every time they happen sun dial. 13th century: hour hands only shadow of the sun indicated what time it was rang bells at certain intervals fairly unreliable until: clocks.
