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RMG38FA4–The Egyptian CLEPSYDRA, or Water Clock, measures time by how long it takes a vase to fill with water, acting on a dial as the water rises Date: circa 300 BC
RMAJ81M0–Reconstruction of a clepsydra (water clock), invented by Ctesibius of Alexandria, c270 BC (1857). Artist: Unknown
RMD9683J–Clepsydra (water clock) indicating hours and with a chime. From Robert Fludd 'Utriusque cosmi ... historia' ,Oppenheim, 1617-19. Engraving
RM2H6DAR8–1 Clepsydra by Salomon de Caus. 2 Clepsydre by Jacques Besson. 3 Clepsydra with alarm clock. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1897
RM2RCWEJD–clock, water / steam clock, clepsydra, Grenzhausen, early 17th century, wood engraving, von Poyet, ARTIST'S COPYRIGHT HAS NOT TO BE CLEARED
RMMR6J3T–Clepsydra: The hand on the clock face was regulated by the level of water in the bottom reservoir which raised and lowered the flood. Dated 1664
RMFFA37C–WATER CLOCK, 18th CENTURY. /nAn 18th century French clepsydra, or water clock. Contemporary copper engraving.
RM2JDH5DP–A 19th century illustration showing & describing a Clepsydra or water clock and how it works
RM2A2RJJR–Clepsydra, Model of a water clock from the 17th century, fig. I, to p. 40, 1669, Domenico Martinelli: Horologi elementari divisi in quattro parti: nella prima parte fatti con l'acqua, nella seconda con la terra, nella terza con l'aria, nella quarta col fuoco: alcuni muti, et alcuni col suono, tutti facili, e molto commodi. Venetia: per Bortolo Tramontino 1669
RMG15J1Y–The oldest printed illustration of a water clock (clepsydras) in any culture, from a Sung edition of the Liu Ching T'u of Yang Chia (c A.D. 1155), enlarged by Mao Pang-Han (c. A.D. 1170). This is a drawing of the archaic inflow type of camp clepsydra des
RMHTMJFD–Clepsydra (water clock) indicating hours and chiming. From Robert Fludd 'Utriusque cosmi … historia' Oppenheim, 1617-19. Engraving
RF2HW9584–Art inspired by Clepsydra or water clock with squatting babooon, Late Period, 4th century B.C., From Egypt, Faience, H. 8.8 × W. 2.9 × D. 4 cm (3 7/16 × 1 1/8 × 1 9/16 in.), This piece is considered to be a model of a water clock. Water within could drain from a hole between the, Classic works modernized by Artotop with a splash of modernity. Shapes, color and value, eye-catching visual impact on art. Emotions through freedom of artworks in a contemporary way. A timeless message pursuing a wildly creative new direction. Artists turning to the digital medium and creating the Artotop NFT
RM2H9FXCK–1 Clepsydra by Salomon de Caus. 2 Clepsydre by Jacques Besson. 3 Clepsydra with alarm clock. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1897
RM2T3CM29–Les Arts de l'Ameublement : L'Horlogerie , Paris , Librairie Ch. Delagrave. /antique french 19th century book / Fig.21.- Clepsydre antique á tambour restituée par Claude Perrault / Ancient clepsydra with drum restored by Claude Perrault / water clock / ancient timepiece / ancient water thief
RMMR6J2N–Clepsydra: The hand on the clock face was regulated by the level of water in the bottom reservoir which raised and lowered the flood. Dated 1664
RMKRDTR4–The Clepsydra or water clock of Canton, China. This water clock was first made in about 1324, and was destroyed and restored many times. It was housed in the Double Gateway in the old city, Canton (Guangzhou). Water dripped from one copper bucket to another, over a twelve hour period. A float on the lowest bucket indicated the approximate time of day and this time was exhibited on a board outside the building. From The Wonders of the World, published c.1920.
RM2B02NKN–A water clock or clepsydra (Greek) is any timepiece in which time is measured by the regulated flow of liquid into (inflow type) or out from (outflow type) a vessel where the amount is then measured. Water clocks, along with sundials, are likely to be the oldest time-measuring instruments, with the only exceptions being the vertical gnomon and the day-counting tally stick. Where and when they were first invented is not known, and given their great antiquity it may never be. The bowl-shaped outflow is the simplest form of a water clock and is known to have existed in Babylon and in Egypt aroun
RMMR6J2W–Clepsydra: in which the escapement was operated by the weight of water in different tanks. Dated 1664
RMHTMJE2–Reconstruction of Ctesibius of Alexandria's (fl270 BC) clepsydra (water clock). Engraving 1857
RM2BN6AR3–Greece: Two ancient Greek outflow water clocks (clepsydra) from the 5th century BCE, Ancient Agora Museum, Athens. A water clock or clepsydra is any
RMG15J1T–The oldest printed illustration of a water clock (clepsydras) in any culture, from a Sung edition of the Liu Ching T'u of Yang Chia (c A.D. 1155), enlarged by Mao Pang-Han (c. A.D. 1170). This is 'Mr. Wang's lotus clepsydra', i.e., the design of Wang P'u
RMG38FA8–The CLEPSYDRA, used throughout the Near/Middle East in ancient times, measures time by how long it takes the upper bowl to fill the lower one Date: BC
RMPAX908–'Design for the Water Clock of the Peacocks', from the Kitab fi ma'rifat al-hiyal al-handasiyya (Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices) by Badi' al-Zaman b. al Razzaz al-Jazari. Author: Badi' al-Zaman ibn al-Razzaz al-Jazari (1136-1206). Dimensions: H. 12 3/8 in. (31.4 cm) W. 8 11/16 in. (22.1 cm). Date: dated A.H. 715/A.D. 1315. Al-Jazari, the author of this treatise on a variety of practical and fanciful mechanical devices, served at the Artuqid court in Diyar Bakr in the late eleventh to the early twelfth century. Some of the elements of the peacock clock, run by water, ar
RM2H6DAR2–Hour by the clepsydra. Charlemagne receiving the gift of a clepsydra (water clock) from Harun al Rashid, Ba caliph. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1897
RM2T3CM2M–Les Arts de l'Ameublement : L'Horlogerie , Paris , Librairie Ch. Delagrave. /antique french 19th century book / Fig.22.- Clepsydre construite d'aprés le systéme de D. Charles de Vailly ( conservatorie des arts et métiers ) / Clepsydra built according to the system of Charles de Vailly French architect / conservatory of arts and crafts
RM2WR1FB6–Hourglass, c1936. An hourglass is a device used to measure the passage of time. The origin of the hourglass is unclear. Its predecessor the clepsydra, or water clock, is known to have existed in Babylon and Egypt as early as the 16th century BCE.
RMMR6J42–Clepsydra: in which the escapement was operated by the weight of water in different tanks. Dated 1664
RMMR6J44–19th Century diagram of a simple water clock where water is allowed to escape at a controlled rate from a spout at the bottom. The divisions allowed for the passing of each hour differ according to the dimensions of the vessel and the head of water still in it.
RMBH8D71–Athens Greece Roman Agora Tower Of The Winds (Horologion of Kyrristos) Considered to be the world's first Meteorological Station
![Construction of clepsydra [water clock]. Horology [study of the measurement of time. Clocks, watches, clockwork, sundials, hourglasses, clepsydras, timers, time recorders, marine chronometers]. Copperplate engraving By J. Pafs From the Encyclopaedia Londinensis or, Universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature; Volume X; Edited by Wilkes, John. Published in London in 1811 Stock Photo](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2CFDDCT/construction-of-clepsydra-water-clock-horology-study-of-the-measurement-of-time-clocks-watches-clockwork-sundials-hourglasses-clepsydras-timers-time-recorders-marine-chronometers-copperplate-engraving-by-j-pafs-from-the-encyclopaedia-londinensis-or-universal-dictionary-of-arts-sciences-and-literature-volume-x-edited-by-wilkes-john-published-in-london-in-1811-2CFDDCT.jpg "Construction of clepsydra [water clock]. Horology [study of the measurement of time. Clocks, watches, clockwork, sundials, hourglasses, clepsydras, timers, time recorders, marine chronometers]. Copperplate engraving By J. Pafs From the Encyclopaedia Londinensis or, Universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature; Volume X; Edited by Wilkes, John. Published in London in 1811 Stock Photo")
RF2CFDDCT–Construction of clepsydra [water clock]. Horology [study of the measurement of time. Clocks, watches, clockwork, sundials, hourglasses, clepsydras, timers, time recorders, marine chronometers]. Copperplate engraving By J. Pafs From the Encyclopaedia Londinensis or, Universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature; Volume X; Edited by Wilkes, John. Published in London in 1811
RM2H9FXCG–Hour by the clepsydra. Charlemagne receiving the gift of a clepsydra (water clock) from Harun al Rashid, Ba caliph. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1897
RM2GJ7DWN–Italy, Rome. Pincio, Pincian Hill, Villa Borghese Gardens, Clepsydra, Orologio ad Acqua, Water Clock (hydrochronometer) on the 1867 design of Gian Bat
RM2T3CM2W–Les Arts de l'Ameublement : L'Horlogerie , Paris , Librairie Ch. Delagrave. /antique french 19th century book / Fig.23.- Coupe du tambour de la clepsydre construite d'aprés le systéme de D. Ch. de Vailly /Charles de Vailly / Cross-section of the clepsydra drum based on Charles de Vailly's system
RM2HHWG4B–Clepsydra or water clock with squatting babooon 4th century B.C. Late Period This piece is considered to be a model of a water clock. Water within could drain from a hole between the baboons legs over a measured time. This object was likely a temple offering to the god Thoth in his role as overseer of knowledge and measurement.. Clepsydra or water clock with squatting babooon 549190
RM2K7FA8E– ©Active Museu/MAXPPP - ActiveMuseum 0003138.jpg / La Melancolie, 1618-1623 - Domenico Fetti Huile sur toile 1618 - / Domenico Fetti / Peinture Active Museum / Le Pictorium 1 person ,Ani (passerine bird) ,Blue sky ,Book ,Brush ,Clepsydra (water clock) ,Clump ,Color's range ,Dog ,Fasten (to) ,Forehead ,Fragment ,Hand ,Head (skull) ,Hourglass ,Kneeling ,Meditation ,Melancholy ,Opened book ,Profile ,Rock ,Ruin ,Sadness ,Sphere ,Statue ,Stone ,Thought ,Vertical ,Young woman ,17th century ,Domenico Fetti ,Painting ,
RMPPEYA2–Roman Art. Tower of the Winds (Horologion). Octogonal pentelic marble clocktower on the Roman Agora. I was supposedly built by Andronicus of Cyrrhus Around 50 BC. Athens. Central Greece. Attica. Europe.
RMMR6J32–19th Century diagram of a simple water clock where water is allowed to escape at a controlled rate from a spout at the bottom. The divisions allowed for the passing of each hour differ according to the dimensions of the vessel and the head of water still in it.
RF2ARCKJY–colored hourglasses with timer function ideal for preparing infusions and boiled eggs. each color corresponds to a time frame
RMRJJYG2–An engraving depicting a syphon water clock. The speed was regulated by the flow from the tap at the bottom of the syphon. This type of clepsydra was in use in the 17th century. Dated 19th century
RMRJJYGC–An engraving depicting a clepsydra: the hand on the clock face was regulated by the level of water in the bottom of the reservoir which raised and lowered the float, L. and weights. Dated 17th century
RMBH8D76–Athens Greece Roman Agora Tower Of The Winds (Horologion of Kyrristos) Considered to be the world's first Meteorological Station
RMRJJYG7–An engraving depicting a clepsydra devised by the Hon. Charles Hamilton in 1746. This clepsydra used four siphons (the long cylinders and their adjacent pipes) together with floats and weights. As the siphons filled and emptied, the floats and weights moved and drove the clock hands. Dated 18th century
RMRJJYHD–A woodcut engraving depicting a Clepsydra in which the weight of water operated the escapement in different tanks. Dated 17th century
RM2H6DAR5–Hour by the clepsydra. 1 Egyptian clepsydra. 2 Clepsydra in sandstone at the museum of cluny. 3 Section of a seventeenth century brass clepsydra. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1897
RF2DFPH9R–glass of alcohol containing red and blue dice with gorgeous vintage pink hourglass on white background
RM2T3CM23–Les Arts de l'Ameublement : L'Horlogerie , Paris , Librairie Ch. Delagrave. /antique french 19th century book / Fig.19 et 20. - Clepsydre de Ctesibius, restituée par Claude Perrault d'aprés le texte de Vitruve / Clepsydra of Ctesibius, restored by Claude Perrault from the text of Vitruvius / Ctesibius / Ktesibios / Tesibius / water clock
RM2A27FAA–Silhouettes of a Hourglass and a telescope on a bookcase shelf. Concept : technology, exploration, science, observation, time etc.
![Clock with Chimes Horology [study of the measurement of time. Clocks, watches, clockwork, sundials, hourglasses, clepsydras, timers, time recorders, marine chronometers]. Copperplate engraving By J. Pafs From the Encyclopaedia Londinensis or, Universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature; Volume X; Edited by Wilkes, John. Published in London in 1811 Stock Photo](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2CFDDJG/clock-with-chimes-horology-study-of-the-measurement-of-time-clocks-watches-clockwork-sundials-hourglasses-clepsydras-timers-time-recorders-marine-chronometers-copperplate-engraving-by-j-pafs-from-the-encyclopaedia-londinensis-or-universal-dictionary-of-arts-sciences-and-literature-volume-x-edited-by-wilkes-john-published-in-london-in-1811-2CFDDJG.jpg "Clock with Chimes Horology [study of the measurement of time. Clocks, watches, clockwork, sundials, hourglasses, clepsydras, timers, time recorders, marine chronometers]. Copperplate engraving By J. Pafs From the Encyclopaedia Londinensis or, Universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature; Volume X; Edited by Wilkes, John. Published in London in 1811 Stock Photo")
RF2CFDDJG–Clock with Chimes Horology [study of the measurement of time. Clocks, watches, clockwork, sundials, hourglasses, clepsydras, timers, time recorders, marine chronometers]. Copperplate engraving By J. Pafs From the Encyclopaedia Londinensis or, Universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature; Volume X; Edited by Wilkes, John. Published in London in 1811
RMPPDARJ–Roman Art. Tower of the Winds (Horologion). Octogonal pentelic marble clocktower on the Roman Agora. I was supposedly built by Andronicus of Cyrrhus Around 50 BC. Athens. Central Greece. Attica. Europe.
RMD6WNHR–Model of a water operated clock, Ibn Battuta Shopping Mall, Jebel Ali, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
RMWR9PBR–Clepsydra Geyser Fountain Paint Pots Lower Geyser Basin Yellowstone National Park Wyoming USA June 2015
RMH3DG7R–Greece, Athens. View of Athens from the famous Acropolis. Tower of the Winds is an octagonal clock tower in the Agora of Athens.
RMBH8D5N–Athens Greece Roman Agora Tower Of The Winds (Horologion of Kyrristos) Considered to be the world's first Meteorological Station
RFTWM7T8–Vienna, Austria - August 26, 2014: detail of astronomical clock called ankeruhr with figure of death
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