Keeping Time With the Middle Ages Hourglass
It is pretty wild to think about how people tracked their days before digital clocks, but the middle ages hourglass was actually a game-changer for medieval life. Long before you could just glance at your phone to see if you were late for a meeting, people had to rely on the sun, water, or sand to figure out where they were in the day. While sundials were great if the sun was out, they weren't much help on a cloudy Tuesday in London or in the middle of a dark night. That's where the hourglass stepped in, providing a reliable, portable way to measure chunks of time without needing the weather to cooperate. ...