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Floyd R. Turbo

(26,549 posts) Thu Aug 8, 2019, 09:01 AM Aug 2019

How did the guy who invented the first clock know what

time it was?

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How did the guy who invented the first clock know what (Original Post) Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2019 OP

They set it at midnight when gas stations have to stop selling beer underpants Aug 2019 #1

Sundial. democratisphere Aug 2019 #2

At midnight, the darkness is at its highest point up in the sky. DetlefK Aug 2019 #3

They found a country with trains that run on time and set the new clock to that schedule ProudLib72 Aug 2019 #4

They looked at their cell phones, duh jberryhill Aug 2019 #5

You sound like my kid when he was about four years old. murielm99 Aug 2019 #6

He called the telephone company for a time check. n/t malthaussen Aug 2019 #7

Stellar observation was a thing back then Boxerfan Aug 2019 #8

Noon was when the sun was directly overhead jmowreader Aug 2019 #9

Just turned on his cell phone DFW Aug 2019 #10

Calibrated to when he had to pee in the morning Major Nikon Aug 2019 #11

underpants

(182,843 posts)

1. They set it at midnight when gas stations have to stop selling beer

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Thu Aug 8, 2019, 09:03 AM

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democratisphere

(17,235 posts)

2. Sundial.

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Thu Aug 8, 2019, 09:08 AM

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DetlefK

(16,423 posts)

3. At midnight, the darkness is at its highest point up in the sky.

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Thu Aug 8, 2019, 09:09 AM

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ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)

4. They found a country with trains that run on time and set the new clock to that schedule

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Thu Aug 8, 2019, 09:25 AM

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jberryhill

(62,444 posts)

5. They looked at their cell phones, duh

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Thu Aug 8, 2019, 09:44 AM

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murielm99

(30,748 posts)

6. You sound like my kid when he was about four years old.

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Thu Aug 8, 2019, 10:45 AM

Aug 2019

That is not necessarily a bad thing.

malthaussen

(17,205 posts)

7. He called the telephone company for a time check. n/t

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Fri Aug 9, 2019, 10:58 AM

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Boxerfan

(2,533 posts)

8. Stellar observation was a thing back then

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Fri Aug 9, 2019, 01:52 PM

Aug 2019

And the concept of time in a accurate form was possible but it took a telescope & keen observations-and math.

The Elgin watch factory had its own observatory for time keeping to the nth degree.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elgin_National_Watch_Company_Observatory