By Patricia J. Murphy
Every one ebook within the DK Readers sequence is specifically crafted to fit the pursuits and studying levels of starting readers. Telling Time is an engrossing background of timekeeping, from obelisks and sundials to the atomic clocks of this day.
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Cell phones 29 Today, clocks come in all shapes, sizes, colors, and styles. Some flash, make sounds, play music, or say the time out loud. Others time how fast you run. 30 These timepieces are very different from the early sundials, obelisks, and water clocks. But one thing is the same. They help us plan our day, so that we can be sure to always be on time! 31 Timely facts Long-case clocks were built to hide their long pendulums. The song “Grandfather’s Clock” written in 1876, inspired people to call them grandfather clocks.
Some flash, make sounds, play music, or say the time out loud. Others time how fast you run. 30 These timepieces are very different from the early sundials, obelisks, and water clocks. But one thing is the same. They help us plan our day, so that we can be sure to always be on time! 31 Timely facts Long-case clocks were built to hide their long pendulums. The song “Grandfather’s Clock” written in 1876, inspired people to call them grandfather clocks. The ancient Egyptians were the first people to divide the hour into 60 parts, or minutes.
30 These timepieces are very different from the early sundials, obelisks, and water clocks. But one thing is the same. They help us plan our day, so that we can be sure to always be on time! 31 Timely facts Long-case clocks were built to hide their long pendulums. The song “Grandfather’s Clock” written in 1876, inspired people to call them grandfather clocks. The ancient Egyptians were the first people to divide the hour into 60 parts, or minutes. Their number system was based on the number 60, which is easy to divide by 2, 3, 4, 5, and 10.