With time and use, " half of the hour past" was gradually shortened to become simply "half past.". Its worth remembering that, at this time, clocks and watches in general use were still relatively 'new technology'. In the same way, " Half past" the hour is an abbreviation of the 18th or 19th century UK English idiom: " half of the hour past", that is you are half way through the last full hour of the clock. Therefore, one of the clock simply means one hour indicated by, or of the clock's passage in time. It was explained that "o'clock" means: The time "of the clock" or as indicated by the clock. " One o'clock, Two o'clock to define the hour, when the long hand is on '12'. When I learnt to tell the time, many years ago - Ponitous was still having flying lessons at the time.
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