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Definition of Water clock

Water clock
Water clock Wa"ter clock` An instrument or machine serving to measure time by the fall, or flow, of a certain quantity of water; a clepsydra.

Meaning of Water clock from wikipedia

- 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...
- The Hornsby Water Clock, titled Man, Time and the Environment is a piece of kinetic sculpture, a decorative fountain and a functional clock in the Florence...
- by al-Jazari, who emplo**** them in his automata, water clocks (such as the candle clock) and water-raising machines. The eccentrically mounted handle...
- The Water Clock, also known as The Giant Water Clock, is in the permanent collection of The Children's Museum of Indianapolis located in Indianapolis,...
- This is a bibliography of water clocks. Barnett, Jo Ellen (1998). Time's Pendulum: From Sundials to Atomic Clocks, the Fascinating History of Timekeeping...
- 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...
- time by continuous processes, such as the flow of liquid in water clocks, to mechanical clocks, and eventually repetitive, oscillatory processes, such as...