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Water clock   /wˈɔtər klɑk/   Listen
Water clock

noun
1.
Clock that measures time by the escape of water.  Synonyms: clepsydra, water glass.





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... known in Babylonia at a remote period The transportation of colossal stone monuments exhibits a knowledge of the lever, pulley, and inclined plane. [22] Babylonian inventions were the sundial and the water clock, the one to register the passage of the hours by day, the other by night. The Egyptians and Babylonians also made some progress in the practice ...
— EARLY EUROPEAN HISTORY • HUTTON WEBSTER
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