Where was invented the first clock?

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Where was invented the first clock?

Answer 1

The clock is one of the oldest human inventions to enable us to judge how long a process has run. As the seasons and the phases of the moon can be used to measure the passage of longer periods of time, shorter processes had to be used to measure off hours and minutes. Even though we are fairly sure that the Babylonians had some sort of sun dial it was the Egyptians that really took timekeeping to a new level with the invention of the obelisk. This was a tall slim structure with a pointed top that told the time by throwing a shadow that moved in a semi-circular rotation, allowing the Egyptians to segment a horizontal disk and thereby tell the time.

It was the Egyptians that discovered the Meridian Line, a line joining North and South, by observing that the shortest shadow cast by the obelisk would always point in the same direction, regardless of the season. It was about this point that the center of the dial was marked as midday. They also discovered the longest and shortest days, those where the shadow was either shortest (summer solstice) or longest (winter solstice) measured at midday.

As time passed and knowledge was gained the Egyptians created smaller sun dials, although it was soon learned that telling the time accurately with a small device was much harder due to the fact that even though the shadow cast was much sharper, it was much more difficult to accurately segment the disk.

Answer 2

several different societies has several different clocks, some fo the first were the chinese, the myans, and probably the egyptians.

Answer 3

who invented?

the egyptians I believe with the time measurement thing in ancient egypt. water would drop steadily from a pot