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Water Clock Diagram
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Title:
Water Clock Diagram
Caption:
Water clock design by the Greek inventor and mathematician Ctesibius (285 - 222 BC). As water fills the cylinder, the figure rises, pointing to the time. The cylinder empties automatically to fill a drum that rotates the hour scale.
Category:
SCIENCE • History: Ancient
Credit:
Album / Science Source / New York Public Library
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Image size:
2712 x 4292 px | 33.3 MB
Print size:
23.0 x 36.3 cm | 9.0 x 14.3 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
ANCIENT GREEK • ART • ARTWORK • CLOCK • CTESIBIUS • DESIGN • DEVICE • DIAGRAM • DRAWING • ENGRAVING • ETCHING • GREEK • HISTORIC • HISTORICAL • HISTORY • HISTORY: ANCIENT • ILLUSTRATION • ILLUSTRATIONS • ILUSTRATION • INSTRUMENT • INVENTION • MODEL • SCI • SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY WISSENSCHAFT SCI • SCIENCE • SCIENCE-TECHNOLOGY • SCIENCE_AND_TECHNOLOGY WISSENSCHAFT SCI • TIME • TIME-MEASURING • TIMEKEEPING • WATER CLOCK
