a chronicle of timekeeping

chronicle

a written record, history, story of historical events.

timekeeping

the activity of recording the time something takes

advent

coming, start, arrival, the time when something first begins to be widely used.

co-ordinate

organize, manage, direct, to make various, separate things work together.

communal

shared, common, public, relating or belonging to all the people living in a particular.

regulate

control, adjust, standardize.

solar

relating to the Sun

axis

alignment, centre line, (the imaginary line around which a large round object, such as the Earth).

lunar

relating to the Moon.

orbit

circle, revolve around, travel around, go around,

accompany

go together with, come with, be associated with, happen with, appear with.

artificial

man-made, synthetic, non-natural.

equator

an imaginary line drawn around themiddle of the Earth.

wax and wane

to increase and decrease over time.

conspicuous

obvious, clear, noticeable.

latitude

the distance north or south of the equator, measured in degrees.

clime

zone, region, a place that has a particular type of climate.

crucial

vital, fundamental, essential, important, necessary, key.

formulate

invent, create, make, develop.

municipal

civic, public, community, #private.

decan

The decans (Egyptian) are 36 groups of stars (small constellations) used in the Ancient Egyptian astronomy.

cosmic

relating to space or the universe.

interval

intermission, interlude, break.

temporal hours

a unit of time used in the past that divided the daylight into an equal number of hours,

duration

the length of time that something lasts.

equinox

solstice, one of the two times in a year when night and day are of equal length.

adopt

accept, approve, implement, apply, #reject

disseminate

spread, publish, distribute.

track

follow, trace, pursue.

sundial

an object used in the past for telling the time.

counterpart

equal, colleague, equivalent.

drip

drop, come out, leak, #stream.

denote

indicate, represent, refer to, #connote

dip

dunk, immerse, to put something into a liquid for a very short time and take it out again.

inscribed

engrave, carve, to carefully cut, print or write on smt

satisfactory

pleasing, reasonable, acceptable, adequate, #unsatisfactory

arise

rise, ascend, appear, # retire

evolve

change, grow, advance, to develop and change gradually over a long period of time.

scheme

plan, idea, method.

divide

split, separate, distribute, allocate, #join.

astronomical

relating to the scientific study of the stars.

supersede

replace, supplant, displace.

commence

start, begin, originate.

weight-driven mechanical clock

a clock using a pendulum

descend

downward, fall, drop, go down.

escapement

a piece of machinery in a clock from the spring or weight to a wheel.

mainspring

the most important spring in a watch or clock.

pendulum

a long metal stick with weight at the bottom that swings regularly from side to side to control the working of a clock.

the anchor escapement

a type of escapement used in pendulum clocks

escape wheel

a toothed wheel in the escapement of a watch or clock.

precise

exact, correct, accurate.

original

initial, earliest (existing or happening first).

permit

allow, enable, facilitate.

accurate

correct, precise, exact.

a quartz-crystal clock

is a clock that uses an electronic oscillator that is regulated by a quartz crystal to keep time.

beam down

to transport somebody to or from a spaceship using special electronic equipment.

calibrate

standardize, adjust, regulate.

precision

accuracy, exactness, correctness.

navigation

routing, direction-finding the science or job of planning which way you need to go when you are travelling from one place to another

integral

connected, central, internal, forming a necessary part of something.

dependency

reliance, enslavement, craving.