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title: "How does earliest clock look like?"  
description: "A brief explanation about the origin of clocks and its interesting facts"  
author: "Anjita D."  
published: 2023-11-08  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/3168/how-does-earliest-clock-look-like  
category: "education, history"  
tags: ["Sundials", "Water clocks", "Hourglasses", "clocks", "general knowledge"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# How does earliest clock look like?

![How does earliest clock look like](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/9e767251-d4c1-4e24-b2df-7b769889870f/images/453b0040-221b-499a-aab1-5b1d6c114676.jpeg) ![How does earliest clock look like](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/9e767251-d4c1-4e24-b2df-7b769889870f/images/86ec682c-ffae-47c6-9b16-3ef4e367c42a.jpeg) Sundials were the first clocks, which use the position of the sun to tell the time. ![How does earliest clock look like](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/9e767251-d4c1-4e24-b2df-7b769889870f/images/afa1cccd-66e7-4057-a500-4302b5d739b7.jpeg) The oldest sundial discovered in Egypt around 1500 BC, was limited to daytime use and sun exposure, despite their widespread use for centuries. ![How does earliest clock look like](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/9e767251-d4c1-4e24-b2df-7b769889870f/images/d5644b4e-34f0-4381-9b27-b1ec927687c0.jpeg) The Ghatika Yantra, an ancient Indian water clock, is described in Vedic literature such as the Atharvaveda and dates back to 1500 BCE. ![How does earliest clock look like](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/9e767251-d4c1-4e24-b2df-7b769889870f/images/5eac8bdf-63de-4d29-a2d8-c633e00390c2.jpeg) Hourglasses were invented in the 11th century, consisting of two glass bulbs joined by a short neck for controlled sand flow. ![How does earliest clock look like](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/9e767251-d4c1-4e24-b2df-7b769889870f/images/bb85edb6-c3ee-48af-8131-a791f6962853.jpeg) In the 17th-century, Galileo Galilei invented the pendulum, revolutionised mechanical clocks, making them affordable and accurate.

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