Marcus Tomalin is Fellow at Trinity Hall, Cambridge. His research focuses on the literature of the long eighteenth century, with a particular emphasis on language and temporality. He is especially interested in the various relationships between natural language, mathematics, philosophy, and literature. His many publications include Linguistics and the Formal Sciences (CUP, 2006), Romanticism and Linguistic Theory: William Hazlitt, Language, and Literature (Palgrave, 2009), "And he knew our language": Missionary Linguistics on the Pacific Northwest Coast (John Benjamins, 2011), and The French Language and British Literature, 1756–1830 (Routledge, 2016).

• Introduction Chapter 1: Watches Chapter 2: Pendulums Chapter 3: Sandglasses ¿ Chapter 4: Sundials Chapter 5: Flowers Chapter 6: Bells Conclusion

Marcus Tomalin is Fellow at Trinity Hall, Cambridge. His research focuses on the literature of the long eighteenth century, with a particular emphasis on language and temporality. He is especially interested in the various relationships between natural language, mathematics, philosophy, and literature. His many publications include Linguistics and the Formal Sciences (CUP, 2006), Romanticism and Linguistic Theory: William Hazlitt, Language, and Literature (Palgrave, 2009), "And he knew our language": Missionary Linguistics on the Pacific Northwest Coast (John Benjamins, 2011), and The French Language and British Literature, 1756–1830 (Routledge, 2016).

• Introduction Chapter 1: Watches Chapter 2: Pendulums Chapter 3: Sandglasses ¿ Chapter 4: Sundials Chapter 5: Flowers Chapter 6: Bells Conclusion

Marcus Tomalin is Fellow at Trinity Hall, Cambridge. His research focuses on the literature of the long eighteenth century, with a particular emphasis on language and temporality. He is especially interested in the various relationships between natural language, mathematics, philosophy, and literature. His many publications include Linguistics and the Formal Sciences (CUP, 2006), Romanticism and Linguistic Theory: William Hazlitt, Language, and Literature (Palgrave, 2009), "And he knew our language": Missionary Linguistics on the Pacific Northwest Coast (John Benjamins, 2011), and The French Language and British Literature, 1756–1830 (Routledge, 2016).

• Introduction Chapter 1: Watches Chapter 2: Pendulums Chapter 3: Sandglasses ¿ Chapter 4: Sundials Chapter 5: Flowers Chapter 6: Bells Conclusion