China
The Jesuit missionary we read a lot about (Bonus points for a rough estimate of when he lived)
Who is Matteo Ricci? (1552-1610)
The large event that indirectly caused a dispersion of clockmakers across Europe
What is the Protestant Reformation?
Something a self-respecting European town wouldn't be caught dead without
What is a public/town clock?
The tool that was invented to cut screws more accurately
What is the lathe? (page 65)
The presents Ricci brought to the Emperor of China
What is two clocks (a large clock and a small clock)?
The two main inventions that were invented so clocks could be made smaller (but became foundational inventions outside of clockwork)
What is the screw and the gear?
A notable eastern country that also developed a clockmaking trade
What is Japan?
The thing that John Barrow scammed the Chinese with
What is a cuckoo clock? (page 63)
The thing specifically that opened lines of trade and communication between Europe and China
What is clockwork? (clocks, clockwork toys, watches, and any and all mechanical marvels powered by clockwork)
The desired character quality that was indirectly birthed by the invention of clocks and timekeeping pieces
What is punctuality?
The original purpose of clocks with bells
What is "to alert monks to prayer times"? (or something similar)
The gifts from Ricci that the Chinese were afraid of
What is anything depicting Jesus nailed to the cross? (page 58)
The reason that clocks and timekeeping pieces were so important to the Chinese
What is something along the lines of the Emperor's authority rested on the calendars and thus needed accurate timepieces to make the calendars (will accept any answer close enough)?
Creator of the pocketwatch (page 68)
Who is Peter Henlein?
The portable type of clock (____-driven clock)
The material fine scientific instruments had to be made of
What is brass? (page 70)
The first *big* clock in China (need the name from the book)
What is Su Sung's Heavenly Clockwork?
One of the most influential scientists or public figures that popularized the view of the universe as one big clockwork machine
The English clockmaker imported as the official clockmaker to the Duke of Orleans
Who is Henry Sully? (page 70)