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Roman Timekeeping
- zulux 13d agoThe Hours-Varry-By-Season is also reflected in older Japanese timekeeping: futeijihō
- Rendello 13d agoJapan had some pretty interesting traditions in the Edo period: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sangaku https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sangaku
- Rendello 13d agoI've always been interested by the κλεψύδρα, water clock. Searching that term now brings up hourglasses, which is a connection I've surprisingly never made. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_clock https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_clock
- pseudohadamard 12d agoAnd specifically Ctesibius' one, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ctesibius https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ctesibius, which is an analog computer for calculating the time.