Our modern day system of using a base 60 time system that is a 60 minute and 60 second increment clock dates back to 2 000 b c.
Wall clock history.
Mechanical clocks became widespread in the 14th century when they were used in medieval monasteries to keep the regulated schedule of prayers.
The day the lunar month and the year devices operating on several physical processes have been used over the millennia.
Some predecessors to the modern clock may be considered as clocks that are based on.
Throughout history clocks have had a variety of power sources including gravity springs and electricity.
The history of clocks is very long and there have been many different types of clocks over the centuries.
It comes from the word for bell in latin clocca.
The word clock was first used in the 14th century about 700 years ago.
When we look across the last 500 years we can see that development of clocks went through several distinct phases of life.
A pendulum clock is a clock that uses a pendulum a swinging weight as its timekeeping element.
A clock is a device used to measure keep and indicate time the clock is one of the oldest human inventions meeting the need to measure intervals of time shorter than the natural units.
Not all historians agree on the history of the clock.
For millennia humans have been measuring time in various ways some include tracking the movements of the sun with sundials the use of water clocks candle clocks and hourglasses.