Timekeeping
Sep 02, 2021
2 minutes
he Egyptian shadow clock was a sundial, indicating time by the position of a shadow falling across markers. Other early devices for telling time depended on the regular burning of a candle, or the flow of water through a small hole. The first mechanical clocks used the regular rocking of a metal rod, called a
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