For thousands of years, devices have been used to measure and keep track of time. The current sexagesimal system of time measurement dates to approximately 2000 BC, in Sumer. The Ancient Egyptians divided the day into two 12-hour periods, and used large obelisks to track the movement of the Sun.or thousands of years, devices have been used to measure and keep track of time. The current sexagesimal system of time measurement dates to approximately 2000 BC, in Sumer. The Ancient Egyptians divided the day into two 12-hour periods, and used large obelisks to track the movement of the Sun.
Washburn, Tennessee. Washburn is an unincorporated community in rural northern Grainger County, Tennessee, United States. It is part of the Morristown, Tennessee Metropolitan Statistical Area. According to the 2000 United States census the total population was 2,508.
3 Lake Lure www.townoflakelure.com/washburn-marina.php l 732 acres l Now owned by the Town ofLake Lure, the lake was created by the dammingof the Rocky Broad River at Tumbling Shoalsin 1926 with the intent of establishing a resortcommunity in western North Carolina.