Dawn Of Timekeeping
which civilization first made the sundial.
what is the ancient Egyption empire?
Galileo made designs for a portable clock but was unable to build it for this reason.
What is going blind?
the reason a seafaring clock was needed for navigation at sea.
to find longitude
What did Daniel Boornstin coin "The Voice Of The City"
What are bells?
The Babylonians used this base number system, which we still use in time today.
What is base 60?
This device was the first major step in managing night and day, relying on the sun's shadow.
What is the Sundial?
Jacope de’ Dondi’s son created a timepiece that also predict this previously unpredictable planetary phenomenon
What is the Eclipse?
Longitude was finally solved by this Englishman’s fourth clock.
Who is John Harrison
This American bell was used to announce independence.
What is the Liberty Bell?
The invention of a seafaring clock allowed sailors to stop using this complex method of calculation to find longitude.
What is the Lunar Method?
Sundials were inaccurate over time because of this natural phenomenon.
What is the changing position of the sun due to the seasons?
This title was given to Jacope de’ Dondi for his invention of the clock dial.
What is horologist?
even though the first sea fairing clock was made, captains still used lunar navigation for this reason.
The clock was too expensive.
The reason the transition of bells to dials took so long.
What is illiteracy?
The symbol for degrees may come from this ancient language.
What are Egyptian hieroglyphs?
A evolved version of the Sundial was made to section out the hours of the day, it was called.
What is Hemicycle Sundial?
The age that Hooke first built a clock
What is 10?
Jacope de’ Dondi's son successfully combined time and space by combining what two structures
What is a clock and planetarium
This clock style featured American presidents in a moving display.
What is a cuckoo clock (Americanized with presidents)?
This Latin phrase means “second small part,” from which we get “second.”
What is “pars minuta secunda”?
In the 16th century, these four fields made sundials more accurate.
What are astronomy, geography, mathematics, and mechanics?
Hooke's design was stolen by this German Inventor
Who is Huygens
due to precise calculations an error of five feet could lead to a difference in this many miles.
what is 150?
Bells were used for many purposes other than time keeping, name four
civic communication, (i.e. Fires, Deaths, Wars. See pg 43)
The ancient Babylonians counted in Base 60, the theory Boorstin offers to explain this is.
What is the multiplication of planets number and number of months