BOMBS@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoHow did people tell time at night before clocks?message-squaremessage-square104fedilinkarrow-up1186arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1183arrow-down1message-squareHow did people tell time at night before clocks?BOMBS@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square104fedilinkfile-text
The sun dial worked during daylight, but how did people agree on what time it was at night before clocks were invented?
minus-squaresilly goose meekah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoIf spring and pendulum clocks were only invented after 1300 years of clocks existing, how did clocks work before? Powered by a weight pulling down that has to be lifted back up every so often?
minus-squaredruidjaidan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoEssentially yes. I don’t know how much of the designs but weight driven and earlier water driven clocks existed.
minus-squaresilly goose meekah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoOooh water driven, of course. I think that’s the first thing humans did to harness natures power right?
If spring and pendulum clocks were only invented after 1300 years of clocks existing, how did clocks work before? Powered by a weight pulling down that has to be lifted back up every so often?
Essentially yes. I don’t know how much of the designs but weight driven and earlier water driven clocks existed.
Oooh water driven, of course. I think that’s the first thing humans did to harness natures power right?