Water-clock synonyms

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clepsydra
An ancient device that measured time by marking the regulated flow of water through a small opening.
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water-glass
An open tube or box having a glass bottom for making observations below the surface of the water.
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Water-clock Sentence Examples

  • The inventor of the very first alarm clock was the first Greek who created the intricate design for the ancient water clock that could set off alarm sounds, usually a bell of some sort.

  • The building was surmounted by a weathercock in the form of a bronze Triton; it contained a water-clock to record the time when the sun was not shining.

  • When he visited Rome with Gunibald, king of the Burgundians, he took him to Boetius, who showed them, amongst other mechanical contrivances, a sun-dial and a water-clock.

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