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Water clocks were among the earliest timekeepers that didn't depend on the observation of celestial bodies. One of the oldest was found in the tomb of the Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep I, buried around 1500 BCE.
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Make a water clock lesson
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Candles were invented independently in many countries. The Egyptians and Cretans made candles from beeswax
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The candle clock is a candle with lines drawn around it to mark units of time, usually hours. By observing how much of the length of a candle burned in one hour
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the Latin 'Candere', meaning to flicker or glitter. And flicker they most certainly did! Tallow was smoky and acrid
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