That Time When The French Divided The Day Into 10 hours
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 28, 2021
For centuries we have used the sexagesimal system of measuring time, where each day is divided into 24 hours, each hour into 60 minutes and ...
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The Bolivian Clock That Runs Backwards
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 18, 2019
The building that houses Bolivia’s legislative assembly in Plaza Murillo, in central La Paz, features a clock above the entrance that looks ...
Congreve Rolling Ball Clock
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 9, 2019
In the early 19th century, an Englishman named Sir William Congreve invented an unusual clock that kept time using balls rolling down an inc...
The Gastown Steam Clock
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 22, 2017
Not far from Vancouver’s waterfront, in the historic Gastown neighborhood, stands one of the city’s major crowd-drawer—a steam-powered clock...
