The History of Clocks

2. The great Chinese clocks.

A. Verge-and-foliot escapement.

The perception of time most likely arose through human observation of various natural phenomena. Repetitive occurrences such as the sunrise and the sunset eventually led to a delineation of specific time intervals. Among these, the earliest may have been the solar day, the lunar month, and the astronomical year. Perhaps it was the year's divis

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