By De’Aja Koontz 10/19/10 Think Tank Factory Third Period

Water Clocks are important to our time and they are very important to our generation.

A roman water clock that is a clock that has water in it or may be in water.

We use clocks every single day. We use them to see what time it is to see if were late for work or school.

 The Romans used it to tell time for a lot of reasons. Like ton see if its time to go to work.

 Water clocks were among the earliest timekeepers that did not depend on the observation of celestial bodies. One of the oldest was found in the tomb of Amenhotep I, buried around 1500 B.C

 Water clocks, along with sundials are likely to be the oldest time-measuring instruments, with the only exceptions being the vertical gnomon and the day- counting tally stick.Where and when they were first invented is not known, and given their great antiquity it may never be. The bowl-shaped outflow is the simplest form of a water clock and is known to have existed in Babylon and in Egypt around the 16th century BC. Other regions of the world, including India and China so have early evidence of water clocks, but the earliest dates are less certain. Some authors, however, claim that water clocks appeared in China as early as 4000 BC. [2]

 The importance of the roman water clock is that many Romans and Americans use it to tell time. Most people go online on eBay to buy things or to sell.

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