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How to tell the time in the dark... in the 17th century The Night Clock Curator's Corner S2 Ep 6

How to tell the time in the dark... in the 17th century The Night Clock Curator's Corner S2 Ep 6How to tell the time in the dark... in the 17th century The Night Clock Curator's Corner S2 Ep 6

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Title :How to tell the time in the dark... in the 17th century The Night Clock Curator's Corner S2 Ep 6
Duration : 5 minutes, 49 seconds
Uploader : The British Museum
Added On: : 30 May, 2017
Views : 561.1K times
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Source : YouTube

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In 1675 (or thereabouts) telling the time in the middle of the night was no easy task. You couldn't simply flick a light switch and look at a clock. To get around this problem the British clockmaker Edward East came up with an ingenious device – the nig

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