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Before clocks were invented how did people measure time at night?
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∙ 7y ago
Mainly by the moon and stars. Obviously this was rough and ready for most people but because there was far less light pollution and people were more knowledgeable about the night sky in general most adults would have been able to estimate the time to within 1 hour4fyjjyý
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