Who Decided There Are 24 Hours In A Day?
seem inevitable
seem impossible to avoid
be put into words
be expressed with words
someone made it up
someone came up with it
sth makes sense
sth seems logical
be widely used
be used by many people
people counted knuckles
people counted the joints in their fingers
their thumbs
their short thick fingers on the side of their hands
keep track of the time
monitor the passing of time
sundials
clock based on the shadow cast by the sun
divide the night sky into sth
split up the night sky into smaller things
throughout the night
during the whole night
dawn or dusk
the time just before the sunrise or just after the sunset
eventually
in the end
become fixed
become set
blame the ancient Babylonians
say it is the fault of the ancient Babylonians
be a bit of a mystery
be a bit of unknown
break down into fractions
break down into small equal pieces
measure the Earth
try to establish how big the Earth is