history of timekeeping?

Question

can somebody tell me where i can find a timeline of the historical outline of devices used to measure time, and those credited for their development?
thanks

Answer 1

I think the appropriate word is EUREKA! I think I found just the link you want
Links include both ancient and modern methods of measuring time.
http://www.aresearchguide.com/time.html
............NAVIGATE Contents.............
CONTENTS
Calendars
Daylight Saving Time
History & Science of Time
Leap Year
Lesson Plans on Time
Local Time & Time Zones
Measuring Time - Clocks
Measuring Time - Sundials
Miscellaneous Sites on Time
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.......Bonus Answers....lol!
The place where time begins
St. Petersburg Times on line Opinion
http://www.sptimes.com/News/122699/Opinion/The_place_where_time_.shtml
excerpt.
The capital-T Time of Einsteinian physics is still a mystery: We don't yet understand all its ways.
Telling Time in Ancient Rome
http://www.dl.ket.org/latin3/mores/techno/time/tellingtime.htm
Reckoning Time: Ancient Day-Counts
By
Charles William Johnson
http://www.earthmatrix.com/reckoning_time.html
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.............Extract
The subject of ancient reckoning of time and space can only be inferred from the logic of numbers, with very few exceptions of data in the historical record.