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Ancient
Water Technologies
The Greeks called the water clock a clepsydra (water thief). One example of the
water clock or clepsydra is Ctesibius's in the 3rd century B.C. illustrated in Fig.
1.12. This water clock had a constant-head inflow from a water supply tank (
above ...
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The Genius of Archimedes -- 23 Centuries of Influence on ...
THE WATER-CLOCK OF (PSEUDO-) ARCHIMEDES In 1891 Carra de Vaux
published an Arabic treatise attributed to Archimedes concerned with what the
editor called “clepsydra”. Actually, the text of the edited, translated and
commented ...
S. A. Paipetis, Marco Ceccarelli, 2010
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Daily Life in Ancient Mesopotamia
Water clock. All information we have on water clocks is indirect. There are no
drawings in the mathematical texts. Water clocks were either cylindrical or
prismatic. Time was calculated by filling a vessel of a given height with water to a
marked ...
Karen Rhea Nemet-Nejat, 1998
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Mathematical Time Capsules: Historical Modules for the ...
8. The. Mathematics. of. Measuring. Time: Astronomical. Timekeeping. and. the.
Sinking-Bowl. Water-Clock. in. India. Kim Plofker Union College 8.1 Introduction
In today's world of electronic clocks and universal calendars, it's easy to forget ...
Dick Jardine, Amy Shell-Gellasch, 2011
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A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages
'pot, water-clock' (described in HJ 372); Gy. pal. gàri 'pot, pottery' ; Wg. gert, girt '
time, occasion' (•«— Intl.?); Kho. goli 'pitcher'; Sh. gai f. 'earthen pot', gari f. 'clock,
hour, gong' (□«— Ind.); К. gür" f. 'water- clock, period of 24 minutes'; S. gliarï f.
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Life in the Medieval Cloister
10 p.m., whereas the monks would normally have risen at around 12.35 a.m.47
Another popular and fairly reliable method of timekeeping was the water clock.
This was set to sound a bell at a specific time to notify the sacrist when he should
...
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 Street pedestrian mall in Hornsby, New South Wales, Australia.
Jesse Russell, Ronald Cohn, 2012
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History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders
It is striking, however, that he is also credited— in a piece of information of
unknown date and provenance— with the construction of a water clock in
Ravenna ("horologium aquatile seu clepsidra figura").17 Again, we find no
mention of this ...
Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum, 1996
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Ancient Egyptian Science: Calendars, clocks, and astronomy
Although the copy they made was good so far as it went, the editor did not
understand it properly so that he missed the essential fact that it includes the
description of Amenemhet's discoveries which led him to construct a water clock
in honor ...
WIADOMOŚCI, KTÓRE ZAWIERAJĄ SŁOWO «WATER CLOCK»
Sprawdź, o czym dyskutuje się w prasie krajowej i zagranicznej oraz jak jest stosowane słowo
water clock w wiadomościach.
Nottingham's Emett Clock returns to Victoria Centre
A familiar sight to shoppers in Nottingham, the Emett Clock, has been returned ... During its absence the water clock has been refurbished and formed part of an ... «BBC News, Cze 15»
This computer clocks uses water droplets, manipulating information …
Because of its general nature, the water clock can perform any operations a conventional CPU clock can. But don't expect this water-based computer to replace ... «ZME Science, Cze 15»
World Water Forum needs to be more than just a trade show for …
Leaders at the opening ceremony of the World Water Forum in Daegu, South Korea, prepare to pull a rope connected to a 'water clock'. Photograph: Ed ... «The Guardian, Kwi 15»
Shoppers' anger as Emett Clock to be given new home
The landmark water clock will not resume its place on the ground floor, but instead take up residence in the centre's upper mall, outside the Disney Store. «Nottingham Post, Mar 15»
Elephant Water Clock Among 25000 Pages of Medieval Arabic …
The form of the water clock (binkām) started simply enough, but as the diagrams from one ... The best-known water clock is undoubtedly al-Jazari's elephant. «Hyperallergic, Lis 14»
'The most accurate water clock ever', forgotten for over 20 years, is …
Water clocks were among the earliest timepieces, developed thousands of years ago as simple vessels that filled or emptied over time. Killruddery's clock is ... «Irish Times, Lip 14»
The Bedol Water Water Clock – A ripple in time
While it is small in the grand scheme of things, the Bedol Water Clock has no use of batteries or being plugged in. It runs on H2O! Of course, if you want to get ... «Coolest Gadgets, Mar 14»
Water clock ticking for California growers
The clock is ticking for California growers to join coalitions to comply with state regulations on surface and ground water. «Western Farm Press, Mar 14»
How Victoria Centre water clock links Nottingham to Chitty Chitty …
The London-born artist had been commissioned to design and build a water-powered clock. Knowing Emett's reputation for the unusual, everyone was eager to ... «Nottingham Post, Mar 14»
Iconic water clock will stay in the Victoria Centre
Nottingham's famous water clock is to stay in the Victoria Centre, it has been announced. The clock - officially known as the Emett Clock - is to undergo a ... «Nottingham Post, Gru 13»
