I think these videos are important in teaching how hard it is, how much work and intelligence it takes to create even the ancient forms of things we take for granted. Nobody in the modern world is smarter, we just have systems to build on the works of the geniuses before.
May 18, 2022 - I enjoyed your well done video very much. If you create a "Part 2" maybe mention a couple of things: The French once tried to metric time keeping, proposing 100 seconds to a minute and 100 minutes to an hour. The Japanese used temporal time, meaning the length of hours changed by the season . In 2022 plus, the strive for time pushes on with thinner automatic watches and an even more accurate "Optical Clock" proposal, working with a laser cooled Mercury ion! Take your time and take care!
Soooooo much passion and love that went into the making of this video, your editing skills where far ahead of many youtubers editing skills back then(the platform has come a long way since then)! I truly hope that you have a good and fun job because you where and still are(evident by the quality of this video)good at making youtube videos. I know that you won't make anymore videos due to the fact that you've gotten older and have a way more time consuming job then before(I suppose). Ether way, I hope you are doing fine and that you are doing what you love. Cheers, from an unknown person!
I heard a similar story of wrist watches regarding to the mathematician blaize pascal who was the inventor of early calculators . He had difficulty to see time with chain watches so he tied it on his wrist .
Even though they were just much more accurate clocks/"pocket watches", I think you should have mentioned John Harrison and his marine chronometers, as they are probably the most important mechanical timekeepers in history. Otherwise nice video.
Maybe more important than the invention of a device which is used to track time, Midol certainly has its place among the greatest inventions in history. Used appropriately, could possibly prevent one from commenting on a subject they obviously know nothing about when their "time of the month" ,which happens to be more accurate than your concept of what a marine chronometer actually is, comes into play and the need to express something ill informed becomes a priority. From, I dare say the wiki, " A marine chronometer is a timepiece that is precise and accurate enough to be used as a portable time standard". Your definition of chronometer did not take its meaning until much after the time period of which John Harrison's marine chronometer had been invented. And yes, John Harrison had several unique inventions in the design of a mechanical time keeping device to improve upon the accuracy of what was available at the time and for the purpose of why he made it. Making the seas safer to navigate is no doubt worth its place in timekeeper's history. I suggest you heed your own advice. Pathetic fuck!
There was no mention of Ctesibius and his revolutionary way to tell time and days passed in the year with a water clock 270-500 ad. All in all tho the video was good with some cool facts
Your image with a cooling tower and atom implies radioactivity is used in atomic clocks. It is not. Atomic clocks do not use any ionizing radiation or any nuclear reactions. Cesium 133, which atomic clocks use, is not radioactive. Even so, Cs is nothing to mess with, being very active chemically.
The funny this is that I've gotten the opportunity to use a cesium clock, I work with Satalite communication in the army and we use them for our fixed Satalites
It has not been proven that the Sumerians counted in handfuls of 12, only suggested by a particular researcher whose name eludes me at this precise moment....although I personally believe that this is a good possibility as well. Nice video, thank you for this!
Wristwatches were originally made for women as they didn't have pockets for carrying pocket watches. It was only during the war that wristwatches became a more practical timekeeping solution for soldiers.
Wednesday, April 13, 2022 CE 02:43 EST My idea for a clock would have been this: 1) A luminescent rock next to the leg of a sundial 2) Time markings on the leg of the sundial, fewer of which you see as the rock's glow decays through the night It's like a thermometer but probably more accurate and easier to make from scratch
First and Foremost. My version of the truth. Time, a continual observance, calculation , and mechanical instrument increment identification. Factual and Brief.Peace.
Well every day is for learning and I certainly have learnt something on time keeping devices. Well done Laslo, a very well researched and put together aminiation film.
I built a pendulum clock that actually works. Wooden gears and such. So I'm state of the art mid 1600's! :) Nice video, covers it all without too much.
Ohh so these "time keeping" devices only show time. Time itself just goes. I'm not sure that time started with the big bang. Because there was a time before the big bang right?
You state what happened 13 billion years ago as unquestionable fact. As if we could even hope to know what happened 5,000 years ago, much less a million, much less a million million
