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Time measurment
Lana Certa 8.a
Clock – human invention • A clock or chronometer is a device that measures and displays time. The clock is one of the oldest human inventions, meeting the need to measure intervals of time shorter than the natural units such as the day, the lunar month, and the year. Sundial
• A sundial shows the time by
displaying the position of a shadow on a (usually) flat surface that has markings that correspond to the hours. Sundials were widely used in ancient times.A well-constructed sundial can measure local solar time with reasonable accuracy, within a minute or two. Water clock
Water clocks, along with The bowl-shaped outflow is
sundials, are possibly the the simplest form of a water Given their great antiquity, oldest time-measuring clock and is known to have where and when they first instruments, with the only existed in Babylon and Egypt existed is not known . exception being the day- around the 16th century counting tally stick. BC. The first known geared clock was invented by the great mathematician, physicist, and engineer Archimedes during the 3rd century BC. Archimedes created his astronomical clock, which was also a cuckoo clock with birds singing and moving every hour.
It is the first carillon clock as it plays music simultaneously with a person
blinking his eyes, surprised by the singing birds.
The Archimedes clock works with a system of four weights, counterweights,
and strings regulated by a system of floats in a water container with siphons that regulate the automatic continuation of the clock. Hourglass • An hourglass is a device that is still used today for imprecise time measurement. it is composed of two connected vessels, one of which is filled with sand, which flows from it through a narrow opening into the other. the narrower the opening, the longer the interval.they were invented in 14th century. Mechanical watch • A mechanical watch is a watch that uses a clockwork mechanism to measure the passage of time. A mechanical watch is driven by a mainspring which must be wound either periodically by hand or via a self-winding mechanism. A The escapement is what makes the 'ticking' sound which is heard in an operating mechanical watch. Electrical watches • Watches appeared in the 16th century. During most of its history, the watch was a mechanical device, driven by clockwork, powered by winding a mainspring, and keeping time with an oscillating balance wheel.In the 1960s the electronic quartz watch was invented, which was powered by a battery and kept time with a vibrating quartz crystal . Digital clocks • Digital clocks are today's modern clocks that we use every day through our phones, computers, etc. They were created in the 20th century and show the time digitally, with numbers, for example 12:08. https://google.com https://hr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glavna_stranica
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