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We never really realize how much we're controlled by it till our clock stop. We get up by it. We work by it. Our social engagements are planned by it. We eat at a certain time. We sleep at a certain time. But we never really think about who keeps track of time.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/144401/file/266879#t=40.54,59.18"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/144401/file/266879/transcript/77087/annotation/4","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSpeaker 2:\u003c/strong\u003e Does anybody really know what time it is?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/144401/file/266879#t=60.9,63.58"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/144401/file/266879/transcript/77087/annotation/5","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSpeaker 3:\u003c/strong\u003e In the beginning, time was measured by the movement of the sun and the stars. The sundial was used as early as 500 B .C. Water and candles were also used to mark the passage of time. The word clock first came into use to describe the mechanism that ran the bell towers of the Middle Ages. Tower clocks today, however, are sometimes no more than relics of the past, as evidenced by the many beautiful, yet stilled hands across the countryside. Burt Rogers is one of the diminishing few who keep the tower clocks of this country running. He's been doing that up and down the entire East Coast for the past 30 years. Today, Mr. Rogers is working on a Baltimore landmark, the Bromo Seltzer Tower Clock.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/144401/file/266879#t=68.32,111.39"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/144401/file/266879/transcript/77087/annotation/6","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSpeaker 4:\u003c/strong\u003e That's the little motor that runs the whole clock. It used to be about 600 pounds of weight before.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/144401/file/266879#t=112.65,118.05"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/144401/file/266879/transcript/77087/annotation/7","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSpeaker 3:\u003c/strong\u003e Mr. Rogers electrified the bromocellcer clock, eliminating the dangerous weights and making the clock much more accurate.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/144401/file/266879#t=118.75,125.29"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/144401/file/266879/transcript/77087/annotation/8","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSpeaker 4:\u003c/strong\u003e It's a synchronous motor so it keeps perfect time.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/144401/file/266879#t=126.29,128.669"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/144401/file/266879/transcript/77087/annotation/9","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSpeaker 3:\u003c/strong\u003e Keeping them running requires a lot of climbing and work in high places. It is a dangerous business. In fact, once on a tower in Massachusetts, Mr. Rogers fell through a rotten floor 30 feet and broke his leg. Since the accident, Mr. Rogers can't climb as much as he used to. His son, Bob, has taken over most of the physical work of the business.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/144401/file/266879#t=130.199,150.56"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/144401/file/266879/transcript/77087/annotation/10","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSpeaker 2:\u003c/strong\u003e The most important part up here, though, is that glass tube on the end of the, on the way to the face. It keeps this long tube, which is unusual to most tower clocks you see, due to the size of this one, they have this reinforcing, you know, this extra reinforced tube here to carry the extreme weight of the hands outside. Rather than oiling it just once a year, this oils it periodically all through the year.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/144401/file/266879#t=151.86,173.26"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/144401/file/266879/transcript/77087/annotation/11","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSpeaker 5:\u003c/strong\u003e Bert has done, worked on three or four clocks for me that the city owns, and he's always done a very good job. If he didn't do a good job, I wouldn't want him back.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/144401/file/266879#t=176.07,188.61"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/144401/file/266879/transcript/77087/annotation/12","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSpeaker 3:\u003c/strong\u003e Mr. Clark is the building maintenance project supervisor for the city of Baltimore.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/144401/file/266879#t=188.93,192.65"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/144401/file/266879/transcript/77087/annotation/13","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSpeaker 5:\u003c/strong\u003e Helping the people to know what time it is is a real important thing. 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It wouldn't blow.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/144401/file/266879#t=241.68,243.1"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/144401/file/266879/transcript/77087/annotation/17","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSpeaker 3:\u003c/strong\u003e We wanted to find out how they know what time it is.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/144401/file/266879#t=244.53,246.87"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/144401/file/266879/transcript/77087/annotation/18","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSpeaker 4:\u003c/strong\u003e Oh, we usually check the time before we leave, I mean, there's... 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