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v-stromtrooper t1_iw40g8v wrote

I see a lot of people arguing who should be considered the first king of England, who's English, and whatnot... but the real question is how the hell did anyone know when 8pm was in a time before clocks!?

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PoppedUrMomsCherry OP t1_iw40zxz wrote

Clocks have been around since Archimedes. 2-4 AD or something

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Edit: It's 3rd Century BC apparently.

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v-stromtrooper t1_iw41hko wrote

I was partially joking. Sure clocks have been around but surely not widespread in medieval England at this time. Was the practice of church bells marking time by ringing on the full hour already in practice?

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PoppedUrMomsCherry OP t1_iw4idhm wrote

My bad, it's hard to get humour on text.

Yeah, I think this very practice was one of the beginnings of those church bells. They were called curfew balls. Archaically, curfew meant to curb the fire as in to put it off. Similar to turning off the light in today's time.

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