\g to fool the average Englishman. Now, as to the methods of measur-iig time, we must use circumstantialvidence for the pre-historic period. tive methods like setting up a stick andmarking its shadow so that a partytrailing behind can estimate the dis-tance the leaders are ahead by… … Fig. 1—Interpretation of Chinese and Japanese Methods of Time Keeping The rising and the going down of thesun—the lengthening shadows, etc.,must come first, and we are on safeground here, for savages stilHise primi- notice their shortening and lengtheningshadows to this day. When the shadowof a man…
Time · Clocks and watches
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