BOMBS@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoHow did people tell time at night before clocks?message-squaremessage-square95fedilinkarrow-up1181arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1179arrow-down1message-squareHow did people tell time at night before clocks?BOMBS@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square95fedilinkfile-text
The sun dial worked during daylight, but how did people agree on what time it was at night before clocks were invented?
minus-squareAmaltheamannenlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·9 months agoThis simply isn’t true. People kept track of the year, even if it wasn’t the Julian calendar, stuff like “the third year of the reign of king George”.
This simply isn’t true. People kept track of the year, even if it wasn’t the Julian calendar, stuff like “the third year of the reign of king George”.