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  1. Horological Concerns

    by , 08-28-2014 at 09:25 AM (Memories of the 28th Century)
    Horology (via Latin horologium from Greek ὡρολόγιον, from ὥρα hṓra "hour; time" + -o- interfix + suffix -logy; lit. the study of time
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horology
    I have written about horological reform before, and I thought it was time to do so again, but this dictionary in Microsoft doesn’t seem to realize that “horological” is a perfectly good and correctly spelled word. Perhaps other s agree.

    Apparently there are few straightforward histories of ...