Clocks have been around for quite some time dating back all the way to 3500 BCE. As we dive into the evolution of clocks, I want you to keep a keen eye on the improvements and designs of these clocks because they are very interesting. Now let’s begin all the way back to the very beginning starting with Ancient Egyptians.
In 3500 BCE, the first system and design of telling time was a sundial. It was used in Ancient Egypt and Ancient Iraq, other Ancient civilizations also used this way of telling time like the Greeks and Romans. The way it was used was that a small vertical stick (Gnoman) was ingrained into the marked surfaces. When the sun came out, the vertical stick would cast a shadow, showing what time it was on the marked surface. But another invention of clocks came when the Egyptians created the “Water Clock” in 1400 BCE. It had 2 vessels and contained water, one vessel was higher than the other. Both had a tube connected to them which passes the water. The lower vessel had rings meaning that if a ring was filled with water an hour had passed. But in the end of the 13th century, mechanical clocks were created but not known who did it. Then in 1776, stopwatches were created by Samuel Watson. And by the time the 1840’s rolled around, electric clocks were created.
This whole paragraph shows the evolution of clocks and how it revolutionized over the years. We first went from using sundials to electric clocks, and went from Egypt numbers to modern day numbers. That’s how something this simple yet with so much importance can revolutionize over the years and decades because of its engineering and strange use.
Related Stories:
https://localhistories.org/a-brief-history-of-clocks/
https://www.thoughtco.com/clock-and-calendar-history-1991475
https://www.historyofwatch.com/clock-history/clock-timeline/
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