How did the person who built the first clock know what time it was?

[NightWatcher]

[Ptah]

1. Sundial

[Quemado]

2. Looked at sundial?

Just guessing.

[applegrove]

3. It was a sun dial? Noon was the sun straight up ahead if they lived

near the equator. That being said 'time' is a human construct if you are talking numbers.

[mr_lebowski]

4. Pretty sure it's been adjusted at least slightly since then, but ... still ...

That's deep, man. REAL deep

[Sneederbunk]

5. You need to read the autobiography of that person, Sir Edmund Timex.

[Dave in VA]

6. Heavy philosophy, dude

Taco Bell is open 24/7...

Just sayin'

[Marie Marie]

7. He googled it.

[eppur_se_muova]

8. He didn't -- but who could argue with him ? nt

[marylandblue]

9. He checked his watch.

[hay rick]

10. He (or possibly she, though I doubt it) waited until he was ready for his first drink of the day...

and set it for 5 PM.

[Uben]

11. The correct time of day can easily be deduced...

...just turn to CNN and look in the bottom right hand corner! No brainer!




*sarcasm

[KY_EnviroGuy]

12. Their rooster told them the correct time.

Farmers they all were......the first watchmakers......

[many a good man]

13. High noon

He just waited outside in the sun and at the moment his shadow was the shortest he set the clock to 12:00

[DFW]

14. Easy--just waited for the 11 o'clock news, and set his watch. n/t

[Yavin4]

15. But does anybody really know what time it is?

Does anybody really care?

[dalton99a]

16. Even early mobile phones had a time display