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"Horologe" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... wooden dens, which lack the ventilation of the igloe that their untaught wit had devised, has doubtless much to do with this mortality. But one feels that there is somewhat deeper in the case. One feels that the hands of the great horologe of time have hunted around the dial, till they have found the hour of doom for this primeval race. Now at length the tolling bell says to them, "No more! on the earth ...
— The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 90, April, 1865 • Various |
Words linked to "Horologe" : measuring system, timer, hand, time-ball, balance wheel, sundial, timekeeper, measuring instrument, balance, dial, atomic clock, watch, timepiece, measuring device, escapement, sandglass, hairspring, ticker, clock |
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