{"quotes":[{"text":"... The invention of the mechanical clock in medieval Europe. This was one of the great inventions in this history of mankind -- not in a class with fire and the wheel, but comparable to movable type in its revolutionary implications for cultural values, technological change, social and political organization, and personality.","author":"David S. Landes","tags":["culture","david-s-landes","inventions","mechanical-clock","technology"],"id":26547,"author_id":"David+S.+Landes"},{"text":"The invention of the mechanical clock was one of a number of major advances that turned Europe from a weak, peripheral, highly vulnerable outpost of Mediterranean civilization into a hegemonic aggressor.","author":"David S. Landes","tags":["david-s-landes","europe","mechanical-clock","technology"],"id":176040,"author_id":"David+S.+Landes"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":2,"pages":1}}