Origins: Counting the Hours
Somebody had to divide up the day, but why the number 24?
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Footnotes
Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossumtells the clock’s history in greatdetail in his History of the Hour (University of Chicago Press, 1996). Another useful survey is Carlo Cipolla’s Clocks and Culture, 1300-1700 (W.W. Norton, 1977).