Show prehistoric people had method of marking time from prehistoric times man has used various devices tor for te telling fling time in very ancient days there here t is record of his marking the passage of the hours by means of a smoldering piece of woven flax in which knots were tied at regular intervals history also tells us says a writer in the los angeles times that the greeks had a method of telling time by the shadow of a pole set in the ground it is possible that they learned this from the babylonians even the word clock means a method of telling time for it is derived from the saxon flugga clug ga or french cloche the handball hand bell which was rung to mark each hour as indicated by the sundial the town crier with his bell calling ten and alls well was not merely a quaint custom but a definite service rendered to the citizens of the community wheel clocks were known as early as the thirteenth century but it was not until freemantel invented the pendulum toward the end of the seventeenth century that long case clocks appeared then it was that grandfather clocks as they are familiarly known added their stately charm to our homes the various changes in style of long case clocks have followed the different furniture periods but the basic characteristics of the early cabinetmakers designs have remained the same |