http://www.kigro.com/how-did-people-keep-accurate-time-in-the-past-by-using-mechanical-clocks.html Mechanical Engineering Design Wed, 30 Jun 2010 11:42:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.kigro.com/how-did-people-keep-accurate-time-in-the-past-by-using-mechanical-clocks.html/comment-page-1#comment-182 tr8or100 Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:40:17 +0000 #comment-182 it started with sundials. when they figured out how to make a mechanical clock, they just set the time based on the sundial. old mechanical clocks work the same way todays mechanical clocks do. The only thing that has changed is the face. Any time the clock would go slow they would fix the mechanics and refer back to the trusty sundial. How do you open a new pair of scissors i you dont already have a pair to get through that thick plastic? Use a knife. it started with sundials. when they figured out how to make a mechanical clock, they just set the time based on the sundial. old mechanical clocks work the same way todays mechanical clocks do. The only thing that has changed is the face. Any time the clock would go slow they would fix the mechanics and refer back to the trusty sundial. How do you open a new pair of scissors i you dont already have a pair to get through that thick plastic? Use a knife.

]]> http://www.kigro.com/how-did-people-keep-accurate-time-in-the-past-by-using-mechanical-clocks.html/comment-page-1#comment-184 jodi c Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:06:56 +0000 #comment-184 High quality telescopes have been around since Copernicus. Use a scope with a cross hair and align it with a known star at night. This is infinitely more precise than a sundial. High quality telescopes have been around since Copernicus. Use a scope with a cross hair and align it with a known star at night. This is infinitely more precise than a sundial.

]]> http://www.kigro.com/how-did-people-keep-accurate-time-in-the-past-by-using-mechanical-clocks.html/comment-page-1#comment-183 adam m Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:56:24 +0000 #comment-183 sun and sundials sun and sundials

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