See M. Talbot, 'Ore italiane: timekeeping in pre-Napoleonic Italy', in
Italian Studies XL, 1985, pp. 51-62.
Brian Moloney
On Wed, 08 Mar 2000 13:40:03 +1300 Michael Hanne
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> Clock-time in fact remained quite inconsistent between cities in Europe until
> a very late date. It was only with the introduction of the railways that any
> consistency was necessary or possible. Throughout the 19th century in Britain,
> the first long-distance trains to leave London each morning took the official
> time as recorded on their chronometers to each of the provincial cities along
> each route, and station masters reset the station clock, which permitted other
> citizens to adjust their clocks and watches. The telegraph actually made that
> superfluous at a certain point, but the practice continued on some routes well
> into this century!
>
> Mike
>
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