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EVOLUTION OF THE CLOCK

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  • Period: 1500 BCE to 3 BCE

    WATER CLOCK

    It consisted of two containers, which one of these possessed a hole by which Caia water to fill the that was under this, once poured all the water, determined an exact amount of time.
  • Period: 30 BCE to 15 BCE

    CLOCK OF SUN

    It consisted of two blocks of stone, which had a needle which marked the hour that was carved in the stone, thanks to the shade of this by the sun
  • Period: 3 BCE to 2 BCE

    MECHANICAL BIRD

    It is considered the first automata, consisted of a bird which came out every time the clock marked a certain time.
  • 2 BCE

    ASTROLABE

    It was used by navigators, to measure the position of the stars and the time, through variables such as latitude
  • Period: 1 BCE to 8

    ANTICITERA

    It was an artifact used to measure the position of the stars and predict eclipses or events like the Olympic Games each 19 years, is considered the first computer analog
  • Period: 7 to 16

    CANDLES

    They were used in the Monastereos, to measure the duration of a mass, as the candle was consumed by fire.
  • Period: 16 to 18

    HOURGLASS

    It consists of two containers, in which one of these possesses very fine sand which moves to the other container measuring a certain amount of time, depending on the size and quantity of sand
  • Period: 17 to 18

    PENDULUM CLOCK

    Created by Cristiaan Huygens, it measures time with the oscillation of a pendulum that goes from left to right in a lapse of time of equal magnitude.
  • Period: 18 to 19

    ALARM CLOCK

    Created by Levy Hutchins, basically I added a bell that sounded when his clock reached a certain time interval, and he turned off by pressing the bell.
  • Period: 19 to 20

    WRISTWATCH

    They popularizeded by the aviators at war, who used the pocket watches and tied them on their wrists and ankles to be able to see the hour in full flight.
  • Period: 20 to 21

    DIGITAL CLOCK

    Invented in the middle of the twentieth century, was patented in USA, and is a variation of the wristwatch, but this has a digital screen, with more tools such as date, time, stopwatch and other features
  • Period: 21 to 22

    SMARTWATCH

    This watch has many tools such as the camera, Internet access, text messaging, calls, calculator, and other features that allow you to match a mobile computer.