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sun dials
THey were used by putting it flat on the ground,face up and controlled by the sun. -
100
Water clocks
Where and when they were first invented,knowbody Knows and given their great antiquity it may never be. The bowl-shaped outflow is the simplest form of a water clock and is known to have existed in Babylon and in Egypt. -
100
sundial
A sundial is a device that tells you the time of day using the sun. -
Jan 1, 1300
mechanical clock
The Mechanical Clock is often attributed with originating in Western Europe in the early 1300’s. Several centuries earlier, the Chinese had developed clocks that are now considered mechanical. -
Jan 1, 1469
hour glass
hourglasses were used in the historical times.Now we use them as decorations or for very specific reasons. -
pendulum clock
The pendulum clock was created by galileo from a distraction in church.Later on Christiaan Huygens made it better. -
atomic clock/our clock now
During their beginning years on the market in the 1950s, atomic clocks were very large and heavy.Contrary to popular belief these timepieces are not run on radioactive waves; they function by micro-waves and are powered by energy changes in atoms. -
gear clocks
These are today clocks.Most gear-controlled clocks are very similar to the pendulum clock in the respect of how their components work together.