Time Telling through the AgesBrearley, Harry Chase
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Time Telling through the Ages
Brearley, Harry Chase
Clocks and watches -- History; Time measurements
Now, the sun is always to the southward of you as you are anywhere
north of the equator. At noon, the sun is practically due South. At
that hour, both hands of your watch are together on the figure 12 and
the hour hand pointing at the sun points in that direction. At 6 a.m.
the sun is nearly East, so if the hour hand, now on the figure 6 is
pointed eastward toward the sun, then South would be in a line just
over the figure 9. At 6 p.m., the sun being in the west and the hour
hand pointed at it, South would be half-way back toward the figure 12,
or just over the figure 3. For other morning or afternoon hours, the
same reasoning holds true.
APPENDIX B
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