Keeping Time

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• Early timekeeping, starting with the gnomon (a stick in the ground), was primarily focused on tracking seasons and the sun's movement rather than precise hourly appointments.  Copied to clipboard!
• Ancient timekeeping devices like the shadow clock and early sundials, including the Greek hemicycle, utilized the sun's shadow and accounted for seasonal variations in daylight hours.  Copied to clipboard!
• The development of timekeeping progressed from solar observation to water clocks, incense clocks, mechanical weight-driven clocks (using the verge and foliot mechanism), and eventually pendulum clocks, marking a shift from natural rhythms to imposed, uniform time.  Copied to clipboard!

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