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The first sundials are from 1500 B.C. from ancient Egypt and Babylon called shadow clocks. The first universal sundial was created by Theodosius of Bithynia. He was a mathematician and astronomer in ancient Greece.
It is thought that the first sundial was invented by the Ancient Romans in 440 B.C approx. The inventor of said sundial cannot be determined, but it is thought that the inventor was that of Leonardo da vinci, along with Julius Cesar.
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What did people use in ancient times to tell time?
Sundial
When did Theodosius of Bithynia invent the sundial?
He did it in 1031
When did sundials first originate in history?
It is not known exactly when Sundials first originated. There are records indicating that some type of sundial was used around the year 700 BC. The Greeks were introduced to sundials in 560 BC. But the exact date they were first used in not known.
What did aristarchus invent?
Aristarchus discovered that the Earth is a sphere and that the sun is in the center.
How people tell time in the first century?
The mechanical clock is a medieval invention. The ancient world measured time by sundial and the water clock. Both of these were used by the Babylonians in the second millennium BC and both were improved by the Greeks.
Did the sumerians invent the sun dial?
what year did the Sumerians first use the sundial
Who invented the first sundial?
Theodosius of Bithynia invented the sundial.
What did George Washington use to tell the time?
He used a portable sundial.
When was the sundial invented?
The first sundial was invented in 609 BCE by the Neo-Babylonian Empire.
Who invented the first Chinese sundial?
Your Mom and me did it so we made you and asians who then went on to make the sundial
Who found the first sundial?
3000
Which was the first type of clock?
The first type of clock was called a sundial, and the oldest sundial dates back to around 1500 BC.
Who were the first people to use the clock?
The egyptians I believe with the sundial as a clock also the first people to believe in one god and that god was the sun.
What is the first time keeping instrument?
A sundial
When did the Chinese make the first sundial?
Penis
How big was the first sundial?
it was rall big
Would your sundial read the same time as another sundial 100 miles directly north of you?
yes, as long as its on the same line of longitude you can use the same sundial
