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The moon was used to determine time because of its cycles. The moon was often used to predict a woman pregnancy by its lunar months.
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Around 1500 BC they stuck wood rods in the ground to measure the time of the day. They used the shadows to predict time.
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A object holding water that tells the time based on the water leaking out of it. It was first created in Egypt.
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These obelisk were used as sun dials. It also contributed to the discovery that a year is 365 days
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Used to tell time and latitude. It was the main navigation instrument until the sextant.
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This is a water clock invented around 200 BC. It was also one of the first clocks that people applied mechanics to.
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Incense clocks were first used in China around the 6th century. It was created during the Song dynasty.
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Used candles to show how much time passed when they burned. It was split into three eight hour phases.
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The candle clock uses a candle as it burns to tell a certain amount of time has passed. It has been used throughout history and is still used today.
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A sundial uses sunlight on an object projecting a shadow to tell time. It is made with a flat plate and a gnomon.
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The clock tells a certain amount of time passed when the sand on the top of the glass goes to the bottom. This clock usually involves glass and sand or something like sand.
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This clock was created by Giovanni de' Dondi in the 1300s. It was created in Padova, Italy.
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The first mechanical clock was invented in Europe. The first mechanical clock had the best way to tell time out of all clocks that came before it.
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This clock uses a swinging weight to tell time. These clocks were also known as the grandfather clocks.
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John Harrison built the first chronometer. It is a precise specialized clock and was used as a good portable time standard.
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The first Pocket watch was invented by Abraham-Louis Perrelet. It was the first self winding mechanism of its kind.
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The equation clock helps the user figure out the solar time. It is the has its own category among all clocks.
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It was the first electric Clock. Also it was invented by Francis Ronalds.
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A Alarm clock is used to make a noise or let you know when it is a specific time you have to do something at. It can also be used to tell you that the maximum amount of time you can do something has passed.
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This clock was invented in Connecticut. Alder Christian Clausen invented this clock in 1883.
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The first digital Clock was a german factory. A digital clock shows the time without using hands like most clocks.
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They were called the Morvez or Morbier because they were made in the area near those villages. They are kinda like a combination of different clocks.
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This was invented by a British watch repairer named John Harwood. It was the first automatic or self-winding wristwatch.
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It was built by Warren Marrison and J.W Horton. Also it was invented at Bell Laboratories in Canada.
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Louis Essen created the first accurate atomic clock. It was invented in the UK.
