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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1999
Page
6
The text describes ancient sundials from Sumerians and a puzzle using numbers 1 through 7. Place one number in each square of a 3x3 grid so every row of three squares totals twelve. No number repeats.
The word clock derives from Latin clocca meaning bell and early clocks had a single hand called horologium. Atomic clocks, the most precise, rely on atomic vibrations and rarely lose or gain a second in 250000 years. An hourglass uses two glass bubbles and sand, taking one hour to flow between them, and marked a weather-independent time measure.
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