On 22 August 1940, the German astronomer Harald von Klüber used a gramophone to record a brief speech about universal time. In this wartime recording, von Klüber discussed the relativity of time and the need for a global time standard. Temporal convergence, he proclaimed, would facilitate punctual communication, travel, and transportation—three aspects crucial to Germany’s conduct of World War II but also relevant for a range of different research disciplines that were concerned with temporal accuracy. As von Klüber referred to the newest technologies for measuring and synchronizing time with elaborate quartz clocks and wireless communication, he was also performing what he understood by standardized time, through the medium of sound recording: in order to reproduce his measured, persuasive voice, the gramophone disc needed to be played back at an exact, predefined rotation speed.2

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聆听档案：人文科学中的可靠数据

1940 年 8 月 22 日，德国天文学家 Harald von Klüber 使用留声机录制了关于世界时的简短演讲。在这段战时录音中，冯·克鲁伯讨论了时间的相对性和全球时间标准的必要性。他宣称，时间收敛将促进准时通信、旅行和交通——这三个方面对德国进行第二次世界大战至关重要，但也与一系列关注时间准确性的不同研究学科相关。正如冯克鲁伯提到了用精密的石英钟和无线通信来测量和同步时间的最新技术，他也在通过录音媒介表演他所理解的标准化时间：为了再现他有把握的、有说服力的声音，