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  2. Tide clock - Wikipedia

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    All of these variables have less impact on the tide at the time of the full moon, so this is usually the best time to set a tide clock. If the tide clock is mounted on a moving boat, it will need to be reset more frequently. The best time to set the clock is at the new moon or the full moon, which is also when the clock can most reliably ...

  3. History of timekeeping devices - Wikipedia

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    The equation of time was engraved on sundials so that clocks could be set using the Sun. In 1720, Joseph Williamson claimed to have invented a clock that showed solar time, fitted with a cam and differential gearing, so that the clock indicated true solar time. [137] [138] [139]

  4. Nocturnal (instrument) - Wikipedia

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    The 4-minute difference between the solar day and sidereal day requires a correction of this giant clock based on the date of observation, and nocturnal helps to apply this correction. [ 1 ] Sometimes called a horologium nocturnum (time instrument for night) or nocturlabe (in French and occasionally used by English writers), it is related to ...

  5. Tide dial - Wikipedia

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    A tide dial, also known as a mass dial [2] or a scratch dial, [3] [4] is a sundial marked with the canonical hours rather than or in addition to the standard hours of daylight. Such sundials were particularly common between the 7th and 14th centuries in Europe, at which point they began to be replaced by mechanical clocks. There are more than ...

  6. History of timekeeping devices in Egypt - Wikipedia

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    Shadow clocks were modified sundials that allowed for greater precision in determining the time of day, and were first used around 1500 BCE. [1] Their major innovation was a modified, more precise gnomon that allowed for the division of night time into 50 parts, with an additional two "twilight hours" in the morning and evening. The shadow ...

  7. Tide table - Wikipedia

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    Tide tables, sometimes called tide charts, are used for tidal prediction and show the daily times and levels of high and low tides, usually for a particular location. [1] Tide heights at intermediate times (between high and low water) can be approximated by using the rule of twelfths or more accurately calculated by using a published tidal ...

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