Picture No | 10052548 |
Date | BC |
Description | Shadow Timekeeper |
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The ancient Greeks are said to have used shadows to measure time, the length of a person's shadow, varying at different times of day, giving a rough indication as to the time
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Source | cigarette card by an unnamed artist in Morris's series 'Measurement of Time' (1924) |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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