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I've always been interested by the κλεψύδρα, water clock. Searching that term now brings up hourglasses, which is a connection I've surprisingly never made. ht
by Rendello 9d ago
I've always been interested by the κλεψύδρα, water clock. Searching that term now brings up hourglasses, which is a connection I've surprisingly never made.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_clock https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_clock
- pseudohadamard 8d agoAnd specifically Ctesibius' one, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ctesibius https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ctesibius, which is an analog computer for calculating the time.