▲ 183 ▼ How did people tell time at night before clocks? (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by BackOnMyBS@lemmy.world to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world 101 comments fedilink hide all child comments The sun dial worked during daylight, but how did people agree on what time it was at night before clocks were invented?
[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) I wonder how often people would just throw random shit at them for "waking us up" and yell to shut up permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] flicker@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago I grew up near train tracks and I can tell you that the ka-chunk ka-chunk ka-chunk of a train safely passing late at night became a soothing sound because it was so normal and happened around the same time every night. I imagine they just made sure to hire people to yell the hour who had a musical and soothing voice. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] flicker@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago I grew up near train tracks and I can tell you that the ka-chunk ka-chunk ka-chunk of a train safely passing late at night became a soothing sound because it was so normal and happened around the same time every night. I imagine they just made sure to hire people to yell the hour who had a musical and soothing voice. permalink fedilink source parent