Brearley, Harry Chase, 1870-1940, Ingersoll, Robt. H., & Bro · New York : Pub. by Doubleday, Page & Co. for Robert H. Ingersol & Bros. · leaf 100
Types of the Earliest Time Telling Devices The sun dial is the first ancestor of all time tellers, and the sandglass was probably the first portable time telling device. … How Father Time Got His Hour-Glass the most that was known by the few and the little that wasknown in general, was like the gulf between great wealthand great poverty among ourselves. Indeed, in this age of teaching and preaching, when athought seems to need only to be born in order to be…
Time measurements · Clocks and watches
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