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They are inaccurate. True water clocks were based on water flowing into or out of a graduated container and the user could tell the time by looking at the graduation aligned with the water level. There were also pseudo water-clocks in which a pendulum kept time but the power was provided by water.
True water clocks, whether of the inflow or outflow variety, required a steady rate of flow. This depends on the viscosity of water which is dependent on the ambient temperature. A change in temperature from 20 to 21 deg C produces a change in viscosity of approx 2%. This would cause a clock to lose half an hour in a day!
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What type of clocks did people make when there was no electricity or wires?
Sun dials and water clocks.
Why can't i stop the clocks?
You can stop the clocks by not worrying about the clocks.
Why is clocks called clocks?
I wouldn't say the inventor, had a reason for calling clocks clocks, the person in which invented clocks came up with the name himself
What is the plural possessive of clocks?
Clocks is already in plural form. Therefore, it is clocks.
Do clocks use energy?
do clocks use energey
Who used water clocks?
I think all egyptians used water clocks.
Did they set sun clocks and water clocks back?
No
What are the advantages and disadvantages to water clocks?
the advantage is: no need to watch the sun, stars or moonthe disadvantage is: the flow of water was very hard to control, so a clock using water can never be perfectly accurate.I'm 11 how old are you?
What were water clocks used for?
Keeping time, in the days before mechanical clocks.
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
What was the original way to measure time?
Sun dials, calibrated candles, hourglasses, water drip 'clocks' and float/sink 'clocks' are a few.
What instruments did the Elizabethans use to tell the time?
They had pendulum clocks. (What you might call a grandfather clock). Also sundials, water clocks, candles.
