Clocks - From the Sundial to the NTP Server
Posted on August 15, 2008 - Filed Under 313 | Leave a Comment
A brief history of horology
Time is concept that has preoccupied the thoughts of humans since the earliest civilisations. It may only have been in the last century that we have begun to understand time, thanks to the work of Albert Einstein, but measuring its passing has been an important part of society.
Historically time has been measured using the Earth’s rotation and other astronomical cycles such as the phases of the moon. The measuring of time and therefore identifying key events during the day, month or year has been essential for the development of farming, religion and sophisticated societies.
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Posted on June 22, 2008 - Filed Under 468 | Leave a Comment
This article explores the origins of clocks,
their development and how to get the most accurate time possible.
The clock
in its form that we recognise today has been around since the middle of the fourteenth
century. Before then, measuring the passage of time had always been a tricky
affair with the movement of the sun being the only reliable method of
time-telling and the only clocks being crude sundials or water clocks.
