Different methods of telling time over the ages

By Kirsty Rust
  • 4000 BCE

    Water clock

  • Period: 1501 BCE to 1600 BCE

    Hourglass

  • 30 BCE

    Obelsisk

  • 520

    Candle clock

  • Period: 1201 to

    Mechanical/water-powered escapement

  • Period: to

    Modern day clock

    Christiaan Huygens

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