People are obsessed with the time and the weather. We’ve talked about the weather since we were all cave dwellers hunting with spears. But the time is a different matter. Sure, people always had the ...

A staff member on Dec. 26 takes a look at Jagyeongnu, a clepsydra or water-using clock that automatically strikes the hour by adjusting water level, displayed at the renovated permanent exhibition ...

Water clock (clepsydra) was an ancient device for measuring time by the gradual flow of water. One form consisted a small boat or floating vessel that shipped water ...

In ancient times the sun was used to measure time during the day, but sundials weren’t much help after dark, so peoples around the world invented clocks that used dripping water to mark the hours. In ...