A brief history of timepieces.

A brief history of timepieces.

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Humans have always been fascinated with time. The current system of telling time dates to before 2000 BC in ancient Sumerian. The base 60 numerical system is called “Sexagesimal” and is still used for measuring time, angles and geo coordinates. The earliest clocks relied on shadows cast by the sun and required recalibration as the seasons... [Read more]