13 points | by janandonly 8 hours ago
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I've always been interested by the κλεψύδρα, water clock. Searching that term now brings up hourglasses, which is a connection I've surprisingly never made.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_clock
The Hours-Varry-By-Season is also reflected in older Japanese timekeeping: futeijihō
Japan had some pretty interesting traditions in the Edo period:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sangaku
I've always been interested by the κλεψύδρα, water clock. Searching that term now brings up hourglasses, which is a connection I've surprisingly never made.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_clock
The Hours-Varry-By-Season is also reflected in older Japanese timekeeping: futeijihō
Japan had some pretty interesting traditions in the Edo period:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sangaku