PEN GEEKS

 INTRODUCTION Timekeeping has advanced significantly; we now grumble when our smartwatches are one second wrong, yet centuries ago, individuals watched time vanish away. Before the mechanical clock took over, civilisations needed to be innovative. One of their best (pun intended) ideas? The candlelight clock. It was not only for romantic dinners or emergency blackouts; it was a serious timekeeper that organised work, prayers, and even how much you paid for an inn.   Let's go back to when timekeeping was a little more waxy. The Origin and Mechanisms of Candle Clocks The concept of using candles as clocks dates back a long time, before Google Calendar, mechanical clocks, and, most importantly, before anyone punched snooze on an alarm.   Candle clocks were first mentioned in the sixth century CE in China, attributed to You Jiangu. The concept expanded to mediaeval Europe and the Islamic world, where precision was essential for prayers and astronomical computat...