Clock Lord

As most people know, we have developed the months in our calendar to coordinate with the lunar cycle. While we operate on a lunisolar calendar in the US, it remains relatively true to the lunar phases. Although we now have a simplified system for keeping track of time, ancient civilizations had to go through the painstaking task of developing this system and tracking celestial bodies. Nowadays many calendars still depict the stages on the moon for reference.

Although the moon phases may seem trivial in today’s age, there are still some benefits to knowing the moon position. It is particularly important if you want to do any sort of star gazing and want to gauge the amount of light there will be in the sky. A moon phase clock will let you know the precise location and shape of the moon.

Despite the implications of the title of this post, it’s not about an office that uses nuclear power, emits radiation, or has radioactive waste!  No, instead we’re talking about the importance of having an atomic clock in the office.  How often do those employees sneak out a few minutes early, or come in a few minutes late?  With certain clocks, this can be happening and supervisors won’t even know it!  It’s important to have an atomic wall clock in the office to maintain an accurate gauge of the time, and to monitor all those people who show up late or leave early just a little too often. 

Who knows, you might even catch a time culprit you never would have suspected.  It’s also good to have an atomic wall clock so that those tricky employees can’t set it a few minutes faster or slower for their own benefit! 

When you’re making precise measurements, recording evidence, and refining your hypothesis, you need an accurate timepiece.  Scientists and researchers around the world use atomic clocks to record time at the most accurate measurements.  In addition, space scientists and astronomers often use atomic clock moon phase capabilities to track activity in the skies.  It’s essential for all serious researchers to have an atomic clock; after all, as all scientists know, a matter of seconds can be the difference between a major discovery and another failed hypothesis. 

When setting up an atomic clock, it often takes the clock a few days to receive the atomic signal from one of the worldwide transmitters.  If you live in the United States, you’ll be receiving your signal from Colorado.  But once you have the signal, the atomic clock is accurate down to as little as a hundredth of a second (depending on the model). 

In modern society the easiest way to tell time is to look at your watch, phone or car clock. But it wasn’t always that easy. Ancient Egyptians and Babylonians used sundials to tell time since 1500 BC. Humans may have been telling time even earlier in history by studying shadow lengths. Sundials may have also existed in China in ancient times.

Sundials were introduced into Greece around 560 BC. The Historian Herodotus, recorded that sundials allowed the Greeks to study the science of geometry, mathematics and astronomy. Later, the Romans adopted the sundial from the Greeks.

A modern-day analog clock is the closest cousin to the sundial. Analog clocks indicate time from angles, using a circular scale of 12 hours, 60 minutes and 60 seconds.

Because sundials are associated with passing time, it has become popular in today’s society to inscribe mottos which reflecting the instability of the world and the inevitability of death into sundials. A popular inscription is, “do not kill time, for it will surely kill thee.”

Is there any truth to the idea that people tend to act crazier during a full moon? Many people say there is. Think about this: the word lunatic is derived from the word Lunar (Moon). Researchers have found that the hormonal reactions to increased positive ions in the air, otherwise known as the Full Moon Effect, can cause hyperactivity, depression, violent behavior, road rage, migraines and asthma.It’s also worth noting that the Moon rules the tides, and since the human body is 70% water it’s possible the changes in the Moon could affect people strangely. A woman who used to work in a mental institution said the patents got more restless during a full moon. Policemen also report they are much busier during s full moon.

Those who have a history of acting funny during a full moon should invest in a moon phase clock. These types of clocks show a diagram of the Moon’s position each day. Maybe some people can’t control their behavior, but a least a moon phase clock allows them to prepare for it.