Water clock
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water-clock-188-9989057
title:
Water clock
text:
Rokoku A water clock or clepsydra is a timepiece by which time is measured by the regulated flow of liquid into or out from a vessel, and where the amount of liquid can then be measured. Water clocks are one of the oldest time-measuring instruments. The simplest form of water clock, with a bowl-shaped outflow, existed in Babylon, Egypt, and Persia around the 16th century BC. Other regions of the world, including India and China, also provide early evidence of water clocks, but the earliest dates
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description:
Time-piece in which time is measured by the flow of liquid into or out of a vessel
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_clock
date created:
2004-01-09T01:21:26Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T21:04:13Z
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{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/ff/AGMA_Clepsydre.jpg","width":800,"height":1115}
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