The custom of slowly lowering a ball to mark the stoke of midnight at the the lowest point is rooted in an old navy practice. The flagship would slowly lower a large ball to mark the stroke of noon. The descent was initiated just before noon and reached the bottom at exactly noon. All the ships in the fleet would then reset their clocks so that they were precisely synchronized with that of the admiral.
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