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The big disadvantage of a water clock in this day and age would be its lack of accuracy compared to present day time pieces. A water clock depends on the speed that water drains through a hole, a function of viscosity. Its viscosity is a function of its density. Water's density varies according to temperature. On a cold day the clock will run slower than on a hot day.
While there are places where the ground water temperature remains the same year around, very few people want to go to the trouble of calibrating their own clocks.
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Did they set sun clocks and water clocks back?
No
How can a digital clock run using only water as a power source?
Convert the water flow into electricity. Please, no water in digital clocks that are plugged in.
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No
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A tide clock is a special clock that keeps track of the Moon's motion around the Earth. These types of clocks may be purchased from Amazon, Tidal Clocks and Coastal Tide Clocks.
When English clocks go forward do the clocks all aroud the world go forward?
some clocks go forward, but not all of them :) it is called daylight saving time
Who used water clocks?
I think all egyptians used water clocks.
Did they set sun clocks and water clocks back?
No
What are disadvanages to an iPod?
None.
What were water clocks used for?
Keeping time, in the days before mechanical clocks.
What are some disadvanages of gas?
Air pollution
Advantages and disadvantages of courage?
disadvanages of courage
What type of clocks did people make when there was no electricity or wires?
Sun dials and water clocks.
Who was the ancient Greek engineer who made water clocks and movable figures?
Ctesibus was a Greek inventor who made water clocks with moving figures on them.
What is the predicate noun in Some of the earliest clocks thath didn't depend on the observations of the sun and stars were water clocks?
Apredicateisthepartofthesentencethatcontainstheverbanditsobjectorcomplementsandgivesmoreinformationaboutthesubject.The predicate of this sentence is 'were water clocks'; the predicate noun is water clocks, a compound noun.This noun is a predicate nominative, anoun following a linking verb that restates or stands for the subject 'some'.
Sumerian clocks kept time by using this?
Water.
When did people stop using water clocks?
Because they always need water
How long have water clocks been around?
5,0000 years
