- A
water clock or
clepsydra (from
Ancient Gr**** κλεψύδρα (klepsúdra) 'pipette,
water clock'; from κλέπτω (kléptō) 'to steal', and ὕδωρ (hydor) '
water';...
-
range of
duration timers, a well-known
example being the hourgl****.
Water clocks,
along with sundials, are
possibly the
oldest time-measuring instruments...
-
clock mechanisms in
astronomical clocks in the 10th and 11th centuries, respectively. A
striking clock outside of
China was the
water-powered
clock tower...
- The
elephant clock was a
model of
water clock invented by the
medieval Islamic engineer Ismail al-Jazari (1136–1206). Its
design was
detailed in his book...
- by al-Jazari, who emplo**** them in his automata,
water clocks (such as the
candle clock) and
water-raising machines. The
eccentrically mounted handle...
- time by
continuous processes, such as the flow of
liquid in
water clocks, to
mechanical clocks, and
eventually repetitive,
oscillatory processes, such as...
- 12-hour
clock can be
traced back as far as
Mesopotamia and
ancient Egypt. Both an
Egyptian sundial for
daytime use and an
Egyptian water clock for night-time...
-
Clock towers are a
specific type of
structure that
house a
turret clock and have one or more
clock faces on the
upper exterior walls. Many
clock towers...
- of
water clocks had been
established during the
Three Kingdoms Period. The
Korean water clock consisted of two
stacked jars of
water, with
water dropping...
- This is a
bibliography of
water clocks. Barnett, Jo
Ellen (1998). Time's Pendulum: From
Sundials to
Atomic Clocks, the
Fascinating History of Timekeeping...
