World Candle Month - Is your candle also a clock? King Alfred the Great (English Monarch 849-899) was known to use a candle clock. Each candle was weighed and carefully measured. It
![Candle clock using Roman numerals to mark the passing of hours. The numerals are from 1 to 8 Stock Photo - Alamy Candle clock using Roman numerals to mark the passing of hours. The numerals are from 1 to 8 Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/BJR00N/candle-clock-using-roman-numerals-to-mark-the-passing-of-hours-the-BJR00N.jpg)
Candle clock using Roman numerals to mark the passing of hours. The numerals are from 1 to 8 Stock Photo - Alamy
![A photograph of a candle clock, a thin candle with consistently spaced markings, that when burned, indicate the passage of periods of time. Dated 20th century Stock Photo - Alamy A photograph of a candle clock, a thin candle with consistently spaced markings, that when burned, indicate the passage of periods of time. Dated 20th century Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/RJK1E6/a-photograph-of-a-candle-clock-a-thin-candle-with-consistently-spaced-markings-that-when-burned-indicate-the-passage-of-periods-of-time-dated-20th-century-RJK1E6.jpg)
A photograph of a candle clock, a thin candle with consistently spaced markings, that when burned, indicate the passage of periods of time. Dated 20th century Stock Photo - Alamy
![Before the invention of clocks, "candle clocks" were used. They would burn for set amount of hours. If one wanted an alarm, you would stick a nail into the desired time length Before the invention of clocks, "candle clocks" were used. They would burn for set amount of hours. If one wanted an alarm, you would stick a nail into the desired time length](https://i.redd.it/9vkc2w4eo3h61.png)