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4000 BCE
The Sun Clock
On this date, the first clock was created in Egypt and Asia, and it worked with the sun. -
1400 BCE
The Water Clock
On this date, the water clock was invented in Egypt and other civilisations, to measure time at night. -
700
The Sand Clock
On this date, the sand clock was invented in Italy and released all over Europe. It firstly was used to measure time at church. -
1300
The Mechanical Clock
On this date, the mechanical clock was invented in the Chinese Empire. It is the same as the analog clock. -
The Pendulum Clock
On this date, Galileo Galilei inspired to Christian Huygens. It was used mainly in church towers and castles. -
The Electric Clock
On this date, the electric clock was invented by Alexander Bain, a Scottish inventor. It worked through electric attraction and repulsion. -
The Band Clock
On this date, Louis Cartier invented the band clock for one of the first aeronauts of history, Santos Dumont. -
The Quartz Clock
On this date, the quartz clock was invented by Warren Alvin Marrison, in America. He introduced quartz into an electric clock. -
The Atomic Clock
On this date was invented the atomic clock, by Louis Essen. It has so much accuracy, because the margin of error is one second every 300 years. -
The Digital Clock
On this date, the digital clock was invented by Thomas Bromley in England. After this, we have to consideer “AM” and “PM” to identify if the hour is at day or at night. -
The Smartwatch
On this date, Seiko Rupter invented the first smartwatch in Japan. He was the first who adapted the technology on a clock, for example, for take the pulse.