Who's that?
Who took 10 days out of the year, making October 4 jump to October 15th the next day?
Pope Gregory
Which group of people first discovered the legth of the solar year?
The Egyptians
True or false, the first true clocks were alarms?
True
True or false, the suns orbit is elliptical?
False. The moons orbit is elliptical.
Name 1 of the 2 places in which the most elegant timepieces were being crafted by the eighteeth century?
London and Geneva
Who was the creator of the pendulum?
Galileo and Huygens
Which group of people used diffrent calenders to mark the changing of their leader?
The Chinese Dynasties
What was the first type of physical clock?
Sundials and water clocks
What body of water did the Egyptians use to know the seasons and plant their crops according to?
The Nile
End of June-Late Oct→ planted crops
Late Oct-late Feb→ crops grew
late Feb-End of June → harvest season
Name the 2 cons of water clocks?
The hole, which the water dripped from, would eventually dull and it was dependent on climate
Who was the Chinese citizen that designed the 30-foot-high and 5 story astronomical clock tower?
Su Sung
Which group of people exported 80,000 clocks around the globe in 1786?
The Londoners/The English
What is the phrase that "o'clock" originates from?
A time "of the clock"
What does A.M. and P.M. stand for?
A.M. means ante meridiem/before midday and P.M. means post meridiem/after midday
Name 5 types of clocks discussed in the book?
Sundial, hourglass, large sandglass, sandglass, candles, incense, spice clock, grandfather clock, pocketwatch, water clocks, clock towers, and pillar clocks
Who was the missionary in Chinia, that was imprisioned, before presenting the Emperor with 2 Itailian clocks?
Matteo Ricci
Which group of people became so popular that they were banned from Italy for witchcraft?
Astrologers
What was Jesse Ramsden's screw for clocks called?
The Master Screw
The Muslim calendar contains how many days?
354 or 355
Name 3 of the 7 astronomical things that Romans orginally named their days after?
Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, and Saturn
Who had the idea to put springs inside clocks?
Robert Hooke
Which 2 groups of people made a prediction for the June 21, 1629 solar eclipse?
The Chinese Imperial Astronomers and the Jesuits
Which clock hand was first added to the clock face?
The second hand was added to clocks before the minute hand
What were the 5 "extra" days at the end of the Egyptian year originally called?
Epagomenal Days
Name the 2 errors that Ptolemy made in his theories about the Earth?
First: The idea that all the planets orbit the Earth, not the sun (his geocentric model) and second: The idea that the Earth is mostly land, not water.