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What Time is IT, but What Does IT Mean ?
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Mckinley, Mark B. |
| Copyright Year | 2009 |
| Abstract | Early Times For most people living prior to the Industrial Age, a device for measuring the precise time was unnecessary. “What time is it?” was not a question posed, since one just took a look at the sky to “see” the correct time. Or, "I will meet you when the sun is there" (pointing to the sky) set the time with sufficient accuracy for appointments. While daylight time was fixed by a glance at the sun, the position of the stars marked the lonely watches of the night to anyone familiar with the night sky. But did anyone notice? The night-time was a non-time; there was no “lights out!” The difference between 11:00 PM and 3:00 AM was meaningless to 99% of the peoples who lived before the advent of electricity. 1 Even today, many of the world‟s peoples do not have an interest in nor need to know the precise time. They still view “time” as broad demarcations of daylight with little reference to a night-time. The circadian body-clock was sufficient to get people to bed at night and up in the morning! |
| Starting Page | 676 |
| Ending Page | 678 |
| Page Count | 3 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Volume Number | 51 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.talkingclocks.net/time.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
