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"An hour was defined as one twelfth of the daytime" That must have been fun for the Romans here in Scotland - an hour would be roughly two and a half time as l
by arethuza 2y ago
"An hour was defined as one twelfth of the daytime"
That must have been fun for the Romans here in Scotland - an hour would be roughly two and a half time as long in winter as in summer!
- throw0101a 2y ago> That must have been fun for the Romans here in Scotland - an hour would be roughly two and a half time as long in winter as in summer! Mechanical clocks in Japan were designed to handle those situations: > Adapting the European clock designs to the needs of Japanese traditional timekeeping presented a challenge to Japanese clockmakers. Japanese traditional timekeeping practices required the use of unequal time units: six daytime units from local sunrise to local sunset, and six night-time units from sunset to sunrise. * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_clock#Temporal_hours https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_clock#Temporal_hours
- pbmonster 2y agoMuch less of an issue without clocks. Look where the sun is, remember where it is at sunrise/-set (much easier if you're outside every day) and then mentally divide the sky into segments and just ballpark it.
- arethuza 2y ago"Look where the sun is" Well, maybe that was another problem with Scotland... ;-) No wonder they built a few walls and retreated south....
- Horffupolde 2y agoThat’s standard traditional Hebrew time still today.