So i had to ask why is it called noon?Middle English, from Old English nōn ninth hour from sunrise, from Latin nona, from feminine of nonus ninth; akin to Latin
Alexander the Great tied strips of coloured cloth together to form a long strip, which he hung from the nearest tree. As the shadow of the tree passed each strip, he soldiers could tell how many hours had gone by. They referred to it as Alexander’s Rag Time Band.
Some obelisks did time keeping, from 3500 B.C.oldest known sundials from 1500 B.C. but the Chinese probably had them earlier as some writings seem to describe them
It was said (many things have been said, some of them even true) that Sir Isaac Newton could look at any vertical object and tell from the shadow what the time was within 5 minutes.Of course you do need a shadow first.
Favorite line from a Shakespeare play…Julius Caesar “Peace! Count the clock”“The clock hath stricken three.”“Tis time to part”Never knew sundials made so much noise at NIGHT!!!
Steve Bartholomew almost 9 years ago
They checked their cell phones.
kingdiamond69 almost 9 years ago
that is a good question !
Farside99 almost 9 years ago
So i had to ask why is it called noon?Middle English, from Old English nōn ninth hour from sunrise, from Latin nona, from feminine of nonus ninth; akin to Latin
Ubintold almost 9 years ago
They checked with the sun dial.
jbk864 almost 9 years ago
“Inherit the Wind”: And, how long was that first day? There was no Sun.
Linguist almost 9 years ago
Today is the Tomorrow you worried about Yesterday…and Now you know Why !
Dani Rice almost 9 years ago
Alexander the Great tied strips of coloured cloth together to form a long strip, which he hung from the nearest tree. As the shadow of the tree passed each strip, he soldiers could tell how many hours had gone by. They referred to it as Alexander’s Rag Time Band.
dflak almost 9 years ago
They had this high tech device called a sun dial – self setting.
RalphZIggy almost 9 years ago
Some obelisks did time keeping, from 3500 B.C.oldest known sundials from 1500 B.C. but the Chinese probably had them earlier as some writings seem to describe them
David Huie Green LikeNobody'sEverSeen almost 9 years ago
It was said (many things have been said, some of them even true) that Sir Isaac Newton could look at any vertical object and tell from the shadow what the time was within 5 minutes.Of course you do need a shadow first.
Vet Premium Member almost 9 years ago
Favorite line from a Shakespeare play…Julius Caesar “Peace! Count the clock”“The clock hath stricken three.”“Tis time to part”Never knew sundials made so much noise at NIGHT!!!
wildfiregal almost 9 years ago
by the rooster…
Meinhart almost 9 years ago
They just “felt” is was time.