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Clock

Instrument that tells the time

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Clock - a unique invention of a person who taught us all to orient in time.

Watches have passed a long way of evolution so that today we can use the ideal models, convenient and practical.

The first watches

The exact date of appearance of the first hours in scientists is not. One of the experts is sure that the first "considered" the time of the inhabitants of Babylon, they also acquainted the world with the concepts "year", "month", "day", "night", "hour", "minute", "second". Others note that the founders of watches - ancient Greeks. But most researchers are inclined to believe that the first watches (purgines) appeared in Egypt, another 4 thousand years before N.E.

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The Development of Clocks and Watches Over Time

Mary Bellis

https://www.thoughtco.com/clock-and-calendar-history-1991475

Web

February 3, 2006

The History of Clocks is a Very Long and Interesting One

https://interestingengineering.com/the-very-long-and-fascinating-history-of-clocks

Web

April 13, 2019

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