BOMBS@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoHow did people tell time at night before clocks?message-squaremessage-square98fedilinkarrow-up1184arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1181arrow-down1message-squareHow did people tell time at night before clocks?BOMBS@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square98fedilinkfile-text
The sun dial worked during daylight, but how did people agree on what time it was at night before clocks were invented?
minus-squareFlax@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoI do, if it’s early it just waits. Although tbh usually it’s 1-2 minutes late which isn’t a big deal
minus-squarekent_eh@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-29 months ago Matters for public transport tbh Which didn’t operate on that strict a time schedule (if at all) in the time period OP is asking about.
minus-squareFlax@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoFair. I’d hate to show up to my bus 5 minutes early just to realise it left 10 minutes early, though
minus-squarePilferJynx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoYep, quarter hours are how we normally function today. Which is fine and I wholly agree. You still need the second for that system to function though, as you can’t get that without measuring time.
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Matters for public transport tbh
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I do, if it’s early it just waits. Although tbh usually it’s 1-2 minutes late which isn’t a big deal
Which didn’t operate on that strict a time schedule (if at all) in the time period OP is asking about.
Fair. I’d hate to show up to my bus 5 minutes early just to realise it left 10 minutes early, though
Yep, quarter hours are how we normally function today. Which is fine and I wholly agree. You still need the second for that system to function though, as you can’t get that without measuring time.
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