CHAPTER I

HISTORIC OUTLINE

Time as an abstraction. -- Ancient divisions of day and night. -- Night watches of the Old Testament. -- Quarter days and hours of the New Testament. -- Shadow, or sun time. -- Noon mark dials. -- Ancient dials of Herculaneum and Pompeii. -- Modern dials. -- Equation of time. -- Three historic methods of measuring time. -- "Time-boy" of India. -- Chinese clepsydra. -- Ancient weather and time stations. -- Tower of the winds, Athens, Greece Page 13