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Ancient Greece Invention - Alarm Clock
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Ancient Greece Invention - Alarm Clock
Creativity
Invention
Acknowledgement
- The first alarms : nothing like the ones we use today
- Used an integrated mechanism to time the alarm
The first alarm clock: invented in 250 BC by an engineer named Ctesibius.
-Alarm clocks:
-Clocks that are equipped with a special device
-Produces a sound at the time set in advance.
- https://www.pinterest.com/pin/320459329706268849/
- http://www.houzz.com/photos/8069171/Archaic-Ancient-Greek-Clock-1025H-clocks-dallas
- http://www.clipartpanda.com/categories/cute-alarm-clock-clipart
How it still influences us today?
How did it improve the lives of people in the past?
We still use the alarm clock for many things even today:
-Waking up for school and work
-use it to remind us of important things happening
The ancient Greek philosopher Plato was said to own a large water clock with an unspecified alarm signal similar to the sound of a water organ.
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