BOMBS@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoHow did people tell time at night before clocks?message-squaremessage-square101fedilinkarrow-up1179arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1176arrow-down1message-squareHow did people tell time at night before clocks?BOMBS@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square101fedilinkfile-text
The sun dial worked during daylight, but how did people agree on what time it was at night before clocks were invented?
minus-squarekent_eh@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-27 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-up1·7 months agoFair. I’d hate to show up to my bus 5 minutes early just to realise it left 10 minutes early, though
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.
Fair. I’d hate to show up to my bus 5 minutes early just to realise it left 10 minutes early, though