BOMBS@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoHow did people tell time at night before clocks?message-squaremessage-square95fedilinkarrow-up1185arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1182arrow-down1message-squareHow did people tell time at night before clocks?BOMBS@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square95fedilinkfile-text
The sun dial worked during daylight, but how did people agree on what time it was at night before clocks were invented?
minus-squarekent_eh@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-27 months ago Matters for public transport tbh Which didn’t operate on that strict a time schedule (if at all) in the time period OP is asking about.
minus-squareZephrC@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoHey, if you live in a place where the public transport actually shows up when it’s supposed to that’s nice for you, I guess, but where I’m from pretending that the public transport is accurate down to the minute is also a lie.
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Which didn’t operate on that strict a time schedule (if at all) in the time period OP is asking about.
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Hey, if you live in a place where the public transport actually shows up when it’s supposed to that’s nice for you, I guess, but where I’m from pretending that the public transport is accurate down to the minute is also a lie.
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