Clock Lord

How do you know what kind of clock you want? When I was shopping for a clock for my home office, I just knew that the clock had to be functional. I wasn’t concerned about the look of the clock or what the abilities were, as long as it worked. I wanted the clock to have the ability to show me the time! I wasn’t looking for fancy or beautiful, it’s just a clock, right?

I searched for this functional item (clock) in department stores and discount stores but wasn’t happy with what I saw. I searched the internet for my opinion of a functional clock and started finding out that the reason I wasn’t finding the clock I thought was right was because I wanted something else. I actually wanted a digital atomic clock. I wanted a clock that would supply my needs and be beautiful at the same time. I desired the clock to be perfect.

The perfect clock would have to be just the right size, just the right color and be able to show me the correct time every time. My clock would have to be precise and accurate. After shopping online for a while, I found the clock of my choice. It is a digital atomic clock which can sit on my mantle or  I can hang it on the wall.  It gives me the precise time and, just for a plus, it gives me the room temperture.   I enjoy this clock so much that now I’m shopping for another clock.  This time, I think, I would really like to have a weather station clock.

                                                      First Water Clock 

We are certain that people had many ways of telling time long before mechanical clocks were developed. We don’t know but can you imagine how prehistoric man told time. He probably watched the movements of the sun and the changing shadows on the ground to measure time.

Documented data tells us that Sundials were developed as early as 2000 B.C. in Babylon. These were the earliest instruments for telling time. The sun’s movement during the day cast a shadow on the dial and the length of that shadow indicated the time.

In Egypt, hourglasses and water clocks were making an appearance around the same time as the sundial. They both had similarities in the way they worked. In the water clock, water was measured and put into a vessel, the water dripped at a steady rate from a hole in the bottom of one vessel into another. The sand was measured in the same manner and distributed in the same manner. From all accounts, these were pretty accurate measurements of time. As time went on, man developed marked candles which would indicate twenty minutes per section burned. Thus giving another aspect of telling time.

In the early 1200’s the first mechanical clocks were invented. They were powered by heavy weights which were hung with a drum by a chain or cord. The clocks were wound by hand and slowly unwound by the force of gravity pulling the weight down. You see, the cord was wrapped around the drum as it was being wound, then the pull of the weight would unwrap the cord. None of these clocks had hands, but chimed ever hour. In the 1600’s the hands were added to the dials for more accurate timing.

In the 15^th century in Europe, hourglasses were worn by men tied around their knees to tell time.

Remarkably, time swiftly changes and remarkably, man makes the changes to our time pieces.