In 1836, the Belville family began their business of selling time. It started with Ruth Belville's father and passed down to his daughter, Ruth. She sold time until 1939. Give it a listen, you know you want to learn more.



Show Notes:



<div class="wp-block-image"><img src="http://brainjunkpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Ruth-Belville-Hulton-Archive-1908-public-domain.png" alt="" class="wp-image-1769" width="237" height="353" />Ruth Belville at the Greenwich clock.</div>



<a href="https://blog.sciencemuseum.org.uk/ruth-belville-the-greenwich-time-lad">Visit the museum that has Ruth Belville's watch.</a>

In 1836, the Belville family began their business of selling time. It started with Ruth Belville's father and passed down to his daughter, Ruth. She sold time until 1939. Give it a listen, you know you want to learn more. Show Notes: Ruth Belville at the Greenwich clock. Visit the museum that has Ruth Belville's watch.

In 1836, the Belville family began their business of selling time. It started with Ruth Belville's father and passed down to his daughter, Ruth. She sold time until 1939. Give it a listen, you know you want to learn more.



Show Notes:



Ruth Belville at the Greenwich clock.



<a href="https://blog.sciencemuseum.org.uk/ruth-belville-the-greenwich-time-lad" rel="noopener noreferrer">Visit the museum that has Ruth Belville's watch.</a>

124: Selling Time

Brain Junk is an off-the-wall, totally unbelievable but true podcast where Amy Barton and Trace Kerr shake up science & history in the hunt for answers to questions you never knew you wanted to know. We bring you the inside scoop on things like: Can goldfish drive? How do whales not drown while eating? Who had the first prosthetic eye? 
We cannonball off the question high dive every other Tuesday -- those of you in the front seats, bring your ponchos. We're out to flood your brain.

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Brain Junk is an off-the-wall, totally unbelievable but true podcast where Amy Barton and Trace Kerr shake up science & history in the hunt for answers to questions you never knew you wanted to know. We bring you the inside scoop on things like: Can goldfish drive? How do whales not drown while eating? Who had the first prosthetic eye? We cannonball off the question high dive every other Tuesday -- those of you in the front seats, bring your ponchos. We're out to flood your brain.

Brain Junk is an off-the-wall, totally unbelievable but true podcast where Amy Barton and Trace Kerr shake up science &amp; history in the hunt for answers to questions you never knew you wanted to know. We bring you the inside scoop on things like: Can goldfish drive? How do whales not drown while eating? Who had the first prosthetic eye? 
We cannonball off the question high dive every other Tuesday -- those of you in the front seats, bring your ponchos. We're out to flood your brain.

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