The fire watch
06.29.09
In addition to sun and water, since the beginning of the XIII century and the first fire there, or candle, a clock. This is a thin candle with a length of meter installed on the entire length of the scale. They are relatively accurate with time, but at night still covered the home and church and secular dignitaries, including governors, which were in the middle of XIII century, St. Louis, and in the XIV century – Karl V. To the sides of the candles are sometimes hung on metal pins, which, as of burning and melting wax fell, and their impact on the metal cup candelabras was sort of audible alarm time. Read the rest of this entry »