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Explain how a sundial and a water clock measure time (pls short from) ​

Answer 1

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Sundials and water clocks

The Ancient Egyptians used simple sundials and divided days into smaller parts, and it has been suggested that as early as 1,500BC, they divided the interval between sunrise and sunset into 12 parts. ... Known as a clepsydra, it uses a flow of water to measure time...

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Answer 2

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Sundial, the earliest type of timekeeping device, which indicates the time of day by the position of the shadow of some object exposed to the sun's rays. As the day progresses, the sun moves across the sky, causing the shadow of the object to move and indicating the passage of time. Animation of a sundial.

A water clock uses the flow of water to measure time. ... An inflow water clock works in basically the same way, except instead of flowing out of the container, the water is filling up the marked container. As the container fills, the observer can see where the water meets the lines and tell how much time has passed.