What are some of the interesting facts about clock?

Question

What are some of the interesting facts about clock?

Answer 1

you can make them out of paper, steel, brass, glass, water, stone or wood.

they are no where near as hard to put together as you might think.

the original clocks were designed to allot the time Roman men were allowed to spend with prostitutes.

the first digital clock with changing numbers was invented in 1956, but the first mechanical digital clock dates back to the 20s.

Answer 2

a broken clock still tells the correct time twice a day, i always found that one good

Answer 3

The word clock is derived ultimately (via Dutch, Northern French, and Medieval Latin) from the Celtic words clagan and clocca meaning "bell"

Answer 4

It was not until the end of the 18th century and John Harrison's marine chronometer (a fancy name for an accurate clock) that seafarers managed to find accurately their longitude.

That lack of knowledge is one of the reasons Christopher Columbus thought the way to India from Spain was shorter westward.

Answer 5

Most battery powered clocks work off of a coil. As current pulses through a coil, it creates a magnetic field that pulls in one direction to create a ticking. As the battery gets weaker, the clock slows down. If you take the piece of metal in the coil out and reverse its poles, the clock will tick backwards.  

Answer 6

you can use a wrist watch to find direction and can easily find north, south. This will work only with analog watches — those showing all the hours around in a circle (don't use a digital watch!).