On Wed, 6 Aug 2003, Philip Hart wrote: #If I remember my Roman history, they had a 9-hour day, where the hour #changed to accomodate the seasons, and they didn't account for hours at #night, else they would have had 18-hour days. They had I suppose #hour-glasses but relied on clepsydrae or water-clocks at some point. The Serioli made water clocks. (Phx 94, mmp) -- Mark A. Mandel http://world.std.com/~mam/Cracks-and-Shards/ a Steven Brust Dragaera fan website