Ancestors

Written by Lizbeth on 2025-01-15 at 13:37

A recent piece of writing on solar time and older ways to keep time by made me look up the history of time keeping on Wikipedia where i found out about incense clocks. There's something really unique about different hours having different smells and this little device with slowly burning intricate paths

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Written by Dave Clark on 2025-01-15 at 19:16

@ritualdust adding this to my fantasy world immediately

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Toot

Written by Lizbeth on 2025-01-15 at 20:26

@bedirthan that is exactly the first thought i had haha

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Descendants

Written by Wendy Palmer on 2025-01-19 at 09:29

@ritualdust @bedirthan 😊 I put this in one of my fantasy books (the character is being a wee bit smug because the locals have to rely on things like sundials and incense clocks, and he’s got (IHO) the infinitely superior and more accurate water-clock technology)

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