On Fri, November 19, 2010 1:41 pm, Brent wrote: > I wonder what life was like before mechanical clocks. > > I suppose your day was less structured than ours are today. > Maybe to work at sunrise, go home at sunset. > Eat when you are hungry, sleep when you are tired. > > I wonder how many people used sundials? Was it a common thing to have? Was it a necessity? > > How did everyone show up on time for a 9pm Opera? > > What was the accurate time of day good for back then? > > Before mechanical clocks you probably wasted a lot of time waiting for people or events. > > Who cared about accurate time, and why?
Speaking of which, anyone know when the first international treaties were signed agreeing to the universal time we have today? And what were the drivers for the treaties? Telegraph? Trains? --Yan > -- If you have eight hours to chop down a tree spend six sharpening your axe. --Abraham Lincoln -- If you have eight hours to chop down a tree spend six sharpening your axe. --Abraham Lincoln --------------------------------------------------- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
