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ruk_n_rul@monyet.cc 10 months agoknowing there’s 24 hours in a day
this is wrong. this is exactly what I’m referring to by “clocks ticking at a constant rate”.
a day is not exactly 86400 seconds long. it’s ever so slightly faster or slower depending on where the earth is in its orbit. it’s the reason equation of time is a thing.
dukeGR4@monyet.cc 10 months ago
It’s like saying Newton’s gravity of Law is wrong because Einstein disproved it lol. It’s just an ancient finding that’s still true for the most part 2000+ years later.
it’s implied that they have already figured out irregular daily movement of the sun. if they could predict sun and the moon they would have known about the discrepancy of the sunrise and sunset throughout the year.
If i had to guess Chinese had to use other unit measurements like candle and what not, it would not be seconds but whatever unit measurement of time they came out with would be accurate for that time period.