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minus-squaresuff@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·3 days agoWhat would the hourglass look like?
minus-squareMinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 days agocandle burning down? with nails or something in it that fall out into a metal plate to PING the time
minus-squareraman_klogius@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_clock
minus-squaresuff@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoWorld’s oldest known sundial is 1500 BC
minus-squareshroomato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoWell in its basic form it’s a literal stick in the ground, you aren’t gonna get anything more ancient than that.
minus-squaresuff@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoif you can’t read the hours you could just look at the sky.
minus-squareshroomato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoI guess, but sun on its own doesn’t really fit the definition of a tool
What would the hourglass look like?
The sun.
Most likely. Bit boring though.
candle burning down? with nails or something in it that fall out into a metal plate to PING the time
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_clock
Not even remotely old enough.
A sundial
World’s oldest known sundial is 1500 BC
Well in its basic form it’s a literal stick in the ground, you aren’t gonna get anything more ancient than that.
if you can’t read the hours you could just look at the sky.
I guess, but sun on its own doesn’t really fit the definition of a tool