The Clockworks, London on Instagram: "Alexander Bain, a critically important Scottish engineer, operating in the field of telegraphy and timekeeping, is often regarded as one of the earliest pioneers of electrical horology, and the transmission of time. He successfully connected two clocks in Glasgow and Edinburgh in the 1840s, nearly fifty miles apart, forcing the pendulum in one city to follow the timing of the pendulum in the other city, using a single telegraph line, with the earth forming t

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Whitney Conard | Antiques & Vintage on Instagram: "Walking through the Titanic exhibit at @unionstationkc in Kansas City, I saw more than artifacts — I saw the same kinds of objects I’ve handled as an antiques dealer. Furniture, tableware, and details that once shaped everyday Edwardian life. But this experience was different - because with each piece, I read the story of the people who touched them, moments before their lives changed forever with the sinking of the Titanic. This is why antiques