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Time-Keepers
by grace vincent
If a man were in the fields and had no watch, how would he tell when it was noon ? Men like farmers and lumbermen become quite expert in noting the position of the sun. Years ago before there were any watches or clocks all sorts of devices were used for telling time. The Malays used a cocoanut shell and the East Indians a metal bowl with small holes in it. As far back as 710 B.C. shadow sticks and sun dials were used. The monument at Washington, D. C, makes a fine shadow stick.
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