▲ 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?
[–] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) This was also why the uk put massive prizes out for the first devices that could be used to accurately calculate longditude. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PrinceWith999Enemies@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Yup! I really love the whole story there. It was sort of like the space race but with tall masted ships and pirates and such. I mean, you also had the slave trade, but if you blithely ignore the discomforting parts of history, reading about it can be fun. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PrinceWith999Enemies@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Yup! I really love the whole story there. It was sort of like the space race but with tall masted ships and pirates and such. I mean, you also had the slave trade, but if you blithely ignore the discomforting parts of history, reading about it can be fun. permalink fedilink source parent