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History of the World Clock

The first clock invented by man was solar, they were used in ancient egypt 3500 thousand years ago, at the same time, the day was divided into 24 hours. In Mesopotamia and on the territory of ancient China, they used a water clock that did not depend on the sun, the ancient Greeks improved it, and in the 3rd century BC, a scientist from Alexandria Ktesibius invented the then most accurate water clock - clebsidra, this mechanism was used right up to the 17th century , perhaps it was thanks to the clebsidra that the expression time flows, because the ancient arators were allowed to perform while the water from the 1st clebsidra was flowing.

Antique Sundial

Water clocks have become history, and solar clocks are still there, they have different shapes and sizes. The first mechanical clock is invented in China (8th century AD), over time, the secret of their device comes to the Arabs, and from them to Europe in the 13th century. However, these watches had two significant disadvantages, they were bulky and very expensive. Having learned to determine the time, people wanted to measure its intervals, for this purpose an hourglass appears - for the first time an hourglass is described in detail in a document of 1339 found in Paris. It is believed that the prototype of the hourglass is a bottle clock invented in antiquity by Archimedes.

The largest hourglass is called the "Wheel of Time", their height is 8 meters, they are located in Budapest and are able to count the time equal to 365 days. The smallest hourglass was made in Hamburg - it is 2.4 centimeters high and counts 5 seconds. In 1288, the first mechanical clock was constructed on the tower of the Palace of Westminster in England; 100 years later, chimes appeared on these clocks.

Hourglass Wheel of Time

In Russia, the first clock was installed in 1404 in the Moscow Kremlin on the tower of the palace of Grand Duke Vasily the 1st, they have been working non-stop for 217 years without a minute hand and a pendulum - instead of it there were stone weights. In 1852, the most famous clock in Russia was installed on the Spassky Tower of the Moscow Kremlin, and today it is unique because it is completely mechanical - it is wound 2 times a day.

In Mesopotamia and on the territory of ancient China, they used water clocks that did not depend on the sun. The ancient Greeks improved clocks, and in the 3rd century BC, a scientist from Alexandria, Ktesibius, invented the most accurate water clock at that time - “clebsydra”, this mechanism was used right up to the 17th century, perhaps it was thanks to clebsidre that the expression “time flows” appeared - after all, ancient speakers were allowed to speak while the water from the 1st clebsidra was flowing. Water clocks have become history, and solar clocks are still there, they have different shapes and sizes.

The first mechanical clock is invented in China (8th century AD), over time, the secret of their device comes to the Arabs, and from them to Europe in the 13th century. However, these watches had two significant disadvantages, they were bulky and very expensive. Having learned to determine time, people wanted to be able to measure its intervals, for this purpose an hourglass appears - for the first time an hourglass is described in detail in a document of 1339 found in Paris. It is believed that the bottle clock, invented in antiquity by Archimedes, is the prototype of the hourglass.

Clock with seconds

The largest hourglass is called the "Wheel of Time", their height is 8 meters, they are located in Budapest and are able to count the time equal to 365 days.

The smallest hourglass was made in Hamburg - it is 2.4 centimeters high and counts 5 seconds. In 1288, the first mechanical clock was constructed on the tower of the Palace of Westminster in England; 100 years later, chimes appeared on these clocks.

Time zone of Moscow UTC+3 hours. In Russia, it is customary to consider the time difference between cities and Moscow. At the same time, the time zone of Moscow in Russia is taken as MSK+0. Here you can find out what time it is in Moscow. Exact time in Moscow online:

If you want to know what time it is now in other cities, go to the section.

Moscow is located in the UTC + 3 hours time zone. Moscow time is the time zone MSK + 0.

Distance from Moscow to Kyiv- 856 km.

Distance from Moscow to St. Petersburg- 706 km.

Distance from Moscow to Nizhny Novgorod - 421 km.

Distance from Moscow to Minsk- 713 km.

Moscow population: 12.2 million people.

Telephone code of Moscow: + 7 495, +7 496, +7 498, +7 499

Domodedovo airport(Moscow Domodedovo Airport) Code: DME: 142015, Russia, Moscow region, Domodedovo district, a / p Domodedovo.
Telephone help desk: +7 495 933 66 66.

Vnukovo airport(Moscow Vnukovo Airport) Code: VKO: 119027, Russia, Moscow, 1st Reisovaya st., 12. Help line: +7 495 937 55 55.

Sheremetyevo airport(Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport) Code: SVO: Russia, 124340, Moscow region, Khimki, international Airport Sheremetyevo. Help desk phone: +7 495 232 65 65.

Sights of Moscow:

Moscow city – ancient capital Russian Federation. It is located in the European part of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River, but other rivers also flow here, the largest of them are Neglinnaya, Khimka, Presnya, Yauza.

The date of foundation of the city is officially considered to be 1147. At that time the prince Yury Dolgoruky ordered to build a city here. During its long history Moscow more than once it was invaded, plundered and burned, but still it rose, was restored and became only more beautiful than before. In 1712 Moscow loses the status of the capital and only in 1918 finally restores it.

In the first years of Soviet power, a lot of monasteries and temples were destroyed, at the same time the city began to grow at a rapid pace, transport infrastructure developed. Research and design institutes are being created. To the Great Patriotic war the city was defended and not handed over to the fascist invaders.

Instruction

It should be borne in mind that with the default settings, the operating system of your computer itself, without your participation, must synchronize the time of the computer clock with the time of the exact time servers. If this setting is correct, then you always have before your eyes the time that you want to find on the network. By double-clicking on the clock on your computer, you can open the window for setting the date and time properties. Enabling synchronization with the time of the Internet server is located on the "Internet Time" tab - there you should check the box "Perform synchronization with the Internet time server". In the "Server" field, you can select from the list or specify your own version of the exact time source server, and by clicking the "Update Now" button, you can start an unscheduled synchronization. Synchronization of the computer's internal clock with Internet time is carried out using a simplified version of the NTP protocol specially developed for this (Network Time Protocol). His main feature lies in the fact that the protocol makes it possible to make allowances for the constantly changing signal transit time from the server to the computer. The accuracy of such synchronization can reach one hundredth of a second.

If two instant messaging users in different cities Russia, then they agree on when it is better for them to talk to each other using Moscow time. How to recognize him?

Instruction

If you are in Moscow itself, call 100 from any city phone. If you are connected to an unlimited tariff, the call will be free. The time will be announced by voice automatic informer.

Purchase a special table clock - a calendar. They are produced by many Chinese firms under various . In clock mode on such a device, the calculator keys switch. Set it to the correct time. Now press the key with the name of a large one located in the same time zone as your locality. After releasing it, immediately press the "Set" key. The device will remember your time zone. Now, in order to find out the current Moscow time, just press the calculator key with the division sign (it says "Moscow" just above it). The device will switch to displaying Moscow time, and after a few seconds it will return to displaying local time.

Tune your radio to the station "Mayak" or "Radio Russia", or turn on listening to the audio broadcast of one of these radio stations via the Internet. Wait for the next hour. Signals will sound, after which the announcer will announce the time in Moscow. At noon Moscow time, he will also announce the time in other regions of the Russian Federation.

To find out Moscow time via the Internet, go to the following site:
http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/
In the drop-down list of cities on the home page of this resource ("Select a CITY to see CURRENT TIME"), select "Moscow, Russian Federation".

After determining Moscow time using any of the methods listed above, compare it with the local time. Calculate the difference between them, equal to an integer number of hours. After that, you will be able to determine Moscow time using any clock correctly set to local time.

A good decoration of the interior will be a double wall clock, which can be made from two identical ordinary ones located side by side. Set on one clock local time, on others - Moscow. Place signs with the names of the respective cities under them.

Please note that the transition to winter time canceled in the Russian Federation.

In order not to be late, you need to know exact time. But any watch tends to start to hurry or lag behind with time. You can avoid this if you know where you can check the correctness of your wristwatches and alarm clocks.

You will need

- computer;
- Internet access;
- telephone.

Instruction

Find out the exact time using the Internet. Go to one of the sites that publish such information, for example, the following - http://www.anafor.ru/time/index.htm There you can find information about the exact time, according to the atomic clock operating at the US Observatory. From their indicators, time is calculated in a particular locality. To do this, in the search box, enter the name of the city whose time you are interested in. It must be written to English language. After that, you will be able to see the time in that time zone to the nearest second. Also as additional information a calendar date will be given, as well as air temperature and humidity in a particular region. After that, you can set the found exact time on your watch.

In addition to the above, there are also special resources for setting the time on your computer. On such sites, you can synchronize the exact time with your computer. The system will update them every time you go online. One of these sites for time synchronization - http://direct-time.ru/

We all remember how in the days of the USSR all the republics with bated breath were waiting for the chimes in new year's eve. Today, this clock strikes time exclusively for Russia, however, this does not deprive them of special magic and attractiveness.

The Kremlin Tower (also called Spasskaya), on which this clock is installed, was built in 1491. In 1625, it was modernized - it was then that the watch device was installed on the tower. In 1626, due to a fire, the clock was destroyed, so a similar one had to be built. In 1706, the clock was again replaced with new ones. This time they were brought personally by Peter the Great. However, they were also damaged by the fire.

The last replacement of the dial occurred in the last century after being hit by a shell in 1917. Few people know, but the tower was originally called Frolovskaya, since its creator (Italian Pietro Antonio Solari) chose the name for his building based on the nearby church of Frol and Laurus. Only in 1658 it was decided to rename the tower to Spasskaya. This was recorded in the royal decree, and the location of the icon of the Savior Not Made by Hands above the gate became the basis for the renaming.

Today, absolute time accuracy is achieved by connecting a watch to a reference clock. For this, a special cable was laid underground.

The chimes are capable of reproducing many melodies. Until 1932, the "Internationale" was played daily at lunchtime, today the main motive is the anthem of the Russian Federation.

Access to the dial itself is allowed to a limited circle of people. At the same time, there is no elevator in the tower - you have to climb the old spiral staircase. The length of each of the arrows is 3 meters, and the size of all kinds of gears and wheels exceeds human height. Total weight structure exceeds 25 tons.

We all remember how in the days of the USSR all the republics waited with bated breath for the chiming clock on New Year's Eve. Today, this clock strikes time exclusively for Russia, however, this does not deprive them of special magic and attractiveness.

Today, absolute time accuracy is achieved by connecting a watch to a reference clock. For this, a special cable was laid underground.

The chimes are capable of reproducing many melodies. Until 1932, the "Internationale" was played daily at lunchtime, today the main motive is the anthem of the Russian Federation.