The mechanical clock made audible time audible for the first time in history

Evidence

It was during the fourteenth century that the church bell was wedded to a technical invention of great significance for European civilization: the mechanical clock. Together they became the most inescapable signals of the soundscape, for like the church bell, and with even more merciless punctuality, the clock measures the passing of time audibly. In this way it differs from all previous means of telling time—water clocks, sand clocks and sundials—which were silent. — Schafer, Murray R, The Soundscape- Our Sonic Environment…, 195

Categorization

• XREF: Relates to the reader’s interest in how acoustic biology and landscape function like art—time made audible is a soundscape turning point. — connects to: Western linear time consciousness was acoustically enforced by church clock bells — Schafer, Murray R, The Soundscape- Our Sonic Environment…, 199; The human body provides the scale for comprehending acoustic rhythms — Schafer, Murray R, The Soundscape- Our Sonic Environment…, 747
• corroborated: 3 independent passages support this claim — Schafer, Murray R, The Soundscape- Our Sonic Environment…, 195

Broader Connections

• The human body provides the scale for comprehending acoustic rhythms #complicates (0.75) — Schafer, Murray R, The Soundscape- Our Sonic Environment…, 747