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The Social Construction Of Technology: A Case On Mechanical Watches And The Development Of Escapements, Edson Kieu
The Social Construction Of Technology: A Case On Mechanical Watches And The Development Of Escapements, Edson Kieu
Edson Kieu
Mechanical clocks and watches is a technology that we exceedingly take for granted in today’s modern society. As with all technologies that exist today, it has its humble beginnings. In this essay we will explore the conception of a vital mechanism within watches (or clocks) known as the escapement. In examining the evolution of the escapement, this essay will utilize the conceptual underpinnings of the Social Construction of Technological (SCOT) artifacts as well as the Empirical Programme of Relativism (EPOR) to review the development of the escapement within watches stretching across the 13th century till the first half of the …