BOMBS to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agoHow did people tell time at night before clocks?message-square101fedilinkarrow-up1186arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1183arrow-down1message-squareHow did people tell time at night before clocks?BOMBS to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square101fedilinkfile-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 meekahlinkfedilink1•1 year 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-square@druidjaidan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoEssentially yes. I don’t know how much of the designs but weight driven and earlier water driven clocks existed.
minus-squaresilly goose meekahlinkfedilink1•1 year 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?