The establishment of Greenwich Mean Time unified global timekeeping practices.

Evidence

As a result, the Greenwich Meridian and Greenwich Mean Time were increasingly widely used by the international community until, in 1884, the Washington Convention formally ratified the practice. — Neil MacGregor, A History of the World in 100 Objects, 1398

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Neil MacGregor, A History of the World in 100 Objects, 1398
• XREF: connects to: Greenwich Mean Time became the standard time reference for global shipping. — Neil MacGregor, A History of the World in 100 Objects, 1398; The telegraph enabled temporal coordination that made standard time zones possible — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 857; Control of time enables coordination of activity and social control — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 848 (+6 more)

Broader Connections

• Three mechanisms drive modernity’s dynamism and process of time-space distanciation #exemplifies (0.80) — Anthony Giddens, The Consequences of Modernity, 131
• Western linear time consciousness was acoustically enforced by church clock bells #expands (0.70) — Schafer, Murray R, The Soundscape- Our Sonic Environment…, 199