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.
âIt all started with an early morning raid and a mad-dash through the streets of downtown Memphis.â. On a balmy morning of August 1864, General Cadwallader C. Washburn was awakened to the sound of gunfire in the streets of Memphis. Having been stationed there during the Union occupation of the city, he sprang from his bed at the historic Gayoso Hotel and fled wearing nothing more than a nightshirt.