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What were water clocks used for?

Keeping time, in the days before mechanical clocks.


Objects that people in the past used to meausured time?

Some common objects people in the past used to measure time include sundials, water clocks, hourglasses, and candle clocks. These were effective tools for tracking time before the invention of mechanical clocks and watches.


What type of clocks did people make when there was no electricity or wires?

Before electricity, people made mechanical clocks that were powered by weights or springs. These clocks used gears, escapements, and pendulums to keep time accurately. Sundials and water clocks were other types of timekeeping devices used before the invention of electricity.


How did clocks work without electricity?

Before electricity, clocks used various mechanisms to keep time such as pendulums or springs. Mechanical clocks would need to be regularly wound up to store energy and keep the clock running accurately. Water clocks and sundials were also used in ancient times to measure time without electricity.


How did the Chinese tell time before clocks where invented?

Before the invention of clocks, the Chinese used various methods to tell time, including the observation of natural phenomena. They relied on the position of the sun in the sky, using sundials during the day, and the phases of the moon at night. Additionally, water clocks, known as clepsydras, measured time based on the steady flow of water, and incense clocks used the burning of incense to track time intervals. These methods allowed for a reasonably accurate understanding of time in daily life and agricultural practices.


What is the common instrument used to measure time?

The common instrument used to measure time is a clock. Clocks come in various forms such as analog clocks, digital clocks, and atomic clocks, all of which are designed to accurately measure and display time.


How was accurate time established before electronic communication?

Pocket watches, wrist watches, grandfather clocks, and large church clocks do not actually require electronic powering. They are put together using gears and simple machines; in other words they are mechanical and not electronic. Before electricity was used to power watches and clocks, they had to be wound on a regular basis. Before clocks and watches, time was kept track of by the position of the sun in the sky.


What tools are used to time?

There are several tools used to tell time. These tools include wristwatches, digital clocks, analog clocks, sundials, pendulums, chronometers, equation clocks, and obelisks.


What is special about the time and attendance clocks?

Time and attendance clocks are used by employers to track the days and hours worked by employees. They can either be physical clocks which stamp the time, or electronic clocks which store times digitally.


What tools are used to tell time?

There are several tools used to tell time. These tools include wristwatches, digital clocks, analog clocks, sundials, pendulums, chronometers, equation clocks, and obelisks.


What is another name for clocking in clocks?

Another name for the clocks that are used for clocking in is the time clock, or employee time clock. The time clock is an employee time tracking system.


What is the same about clocks and a hourglass?

They Are Both Used For Counting Time.