Primitive Time-reckoning A study in the origins and first development of the art of counting time among the primitive and early culture peoples

CHAPTER I.--THE DAY 11

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The day of 24 hours not primitive--Counting of days or nights--_Pars pro toto_ reckoning--Indications of the sun’s position--Indications by means of marks etc.--Names for the parts of the day--Names derived from occupations--Lists of names--Homeric expressions--Greek and Latin expressions-- Parts of the night--Night measured by the stars--Measures of time.