Show had 12 hour day the early egyptians divided day and night each into 12 hours a cus torn adopted by the jews or greeks probably tram the babylonians the days is said to have been divided into hours from B C when L cursor erected a sundial in the tern pie of at rome before water clocks were invented in B C time was called at rome by public criers in england the meas brement of time was in early days uncertain one expedient was by wax candles three inches burning an hour and six vax candles burning 24 hours ascribed to alfred |