Besides sundials, and candle clocks, there were waterclocks which measured the passage of time by the amount of water that left a water vessel or entered another water vessel. The water clocks were the predecessor to a hour glass.
But how did the people know how much of the candle would burn away, in an hour? How did they know that the points where they placed the metal spikes, would give an accurate account of the passage of time? How did people synchronize their watches, so to speak?
Besides sundials, and candle clocks, there were waterclocks which measured the passage of time by the amount of water that left a water vessel or entered another water vessel. The water clocks were the predecessor to a hour glass.
But how did the people know how much of the candle would burn away, in an hour? How did they know that the points where they placed the metal spikes, would give an accurate account of the passage of time? How did people synchronize their watches, so to speak?
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