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The First Wristwatch
Posted on 05/12/2010 1:51:38 PM PDT by EveningStar
Edited on 05/12/2010 3:18:38 PM PDT by Admin Moderator.
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The first recorded usage of a timepiece worn on the wrist dates back to 333 BC. Although it wasn't the mechanical-digital type of device that would be recognised as a watch today, it was nonetheless an effective time keeper.
During the battle of Issus, Alexander the Great came head-to-head with Persian King Darius III. Outnumbered by a ratio of two to one, Alexander decided to try out a new invention. He had all his men tie to their wrist a strip of cloth impregnated with chemicals that would change color after a certain length of time. This is similar to how today's SAS synchronize their watches before going into action. When cloth changed color his men would know that it was time to attack.
The invention worked well, and became known thereafter as Alexander's Rag Time Band.
TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: alexanderthegreat; wristwatch
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05/12/2010 1:52:58 PM PDT
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chrisser
(Starve the Monkeys!)
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05/12/2010 1:57:54 PM PDT
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EveningStar
(Karl Marx is not one of our Founding Fathers.)
To: EveningStar
no /s or humor button? Are we to believe this? Some of us are really gullible! /s
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05/12/2010 1:58:37 PM PDT
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rawhide
To: EveningStar
Where’s that blooper picture from “Ben Hur” or maybe it was “The Ten Commandments” that showed a Roman soldier wearing his watchband? That’s what I was expecting.
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05/12/2010 2:01:47 PM PDT
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caseinpoint
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To: EveningStar
I’m thinking the sundial wristwatch from The Flintstones.
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05/12/2010 2:11:59 PM PDT
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Joy in the Journey
(For God is not a God of disorder but of peace. I Corinthians 14:33)
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05/12/2010 2:14:09 PM PDT
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wally_bert
(It's sheer elegance in its simplicity! - The Middleman)
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05/12/2010 2:16:23 PM PDT
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EveningStar
(Karl Marx is not one of our Founding Fathers.)
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05/12/2010 2:29:34 PM PDT
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diverteach
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05/12/2010 2:34:01 PM PDT
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Ann Archy
(Abortion,,,,,,the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
To: EveningStar
“Outnumbered by a ration of two to one...”
So did they eat their wrist watches?
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05/12/2010 2:58:00 PM PDT
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pappyone
(New to Freep, still working a tag line.)
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05/12/2010 3:02:36 PM PDT
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caseinpoint
(Don't get thickly involved in thin things)
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05/12/2010 3:12:48 PM PDT
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EveningStar
(Karl Marx is not one of our Founding Fathers.)
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05/12/2010 4:07:27 PM PDT
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shotdog
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05/12/2010 4:07:35 PM PDT
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shotdog
(I love my country; it's my government I'm afraid of.)
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05/12/2010 4:51:51 PM PDT
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arthurus
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