A water clock or clepsydra (from Ancient Greek κλεψύδρα (klepsúdra) 'pipette, water clock'; from κλέπτω (kléptō) 'to steal', and ὕδωρ (hydor) 'water';... 40 KB (4,941 words) - 00:06, 23 April 2024 |
clock mechanisms in astronomical clocks in the 10th and 11th centuries, respectively. A striking clock outside of China was the water-powered clock tower... 22 KB (2,569 words) - 01:16, 16 April 2024 |
The elephant clock was a model of water clock invented by the medieval Islamic engineer Ismail al-Jazari (1136–1206). Its design was detailed in his book... 6 KB (679 words) - 07:22, 17 March 2024 |
by al-Jazari, who employed them in his automata, water clocks (such as the candle clock) and water-raising machines. The eccentrically mounted handle... 46 KB (5,204 words) - 06:06, 26 April 2024 |
The Water Clock, also known as The Giant Water Clock, is in the permanent collection of The Children's Museum of Indianapolis located in Indianapolis,... 6 KB (732 words) - 17:14, 26 March 2024 |
Clock towers are a specific type of structure that house a turret clock and have one or more clock faces on the upper exterior walls. Many clock towers... 13 KB (1,444 words) - 10:16, 28 March 2024 |
This is a bibliography of water clocks. Barnett, Jo Ellen (1998). Time's Pendulum: From Sundials to Atomic Clocks, the Fascinating History of Timekeeping... 23 KB (2,281 words) - 10:09, 16 September 2023 |
History of timekeeping devices (redirect from History of clocks) time by continuous processes, such as the flow of liquid in water clocks, to mechanical clocks, and eventually repetitive, oscillatory processes, such as... 92 KB (10,785 words) - 00:48, 26 April 2024 |
12-hour clock can be traced back as far as Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt. Both an Egyptian sundial for daytime use and an Egyptian water clock for night-time... 32 KB (3,426 words) - 01:02, 28 April 2024 |
Jang Yeong-sil (section Water clock) of water clocks had been established during the Three Kingdoms Period. The Korean water clock consisted of two stacked jars of water, with water dropping... 16 KB (1,878 words) - 00:06, 26 March 2024 |
A turret clock or tower clock is a clock designed to be mounted high in the wall of a building, usually in a clock tower, in public buildings such as... 24 KB (1,655 words) - 00:40, 17 February 2024 |
Dar al-Magana (redirect from Water Clock of Fez) of the Clock') is a 14th-century building in Fes, Morocco, built by the Marinid Sultan Abu Inan Faris which houses a weight-powered water clock. It is... 9 KB (959 words) - 21:02, 3 February 2024 |
The Jayrun Water Clock, a water clock built by the Muslim engineer Muhammad al-Sa'ati, was positioned at the gate of Damascus, Syria, at the exit of the... 3 KB (362 words) - 21:18, 18 October 2022 |
hours, or days. The clock may also contain bells and gongs which act as strikers. Although the water clock and astronomical clock were known in China... 11 KB (1,331 words) - 21:34, 12 October 2023 |
Verge escapement (section Verge and foliot clocks) of all-mechanical clocks. This caused a shift from measuring time by continuous processes, such as the flow of liquid in water clocks, to repetitive, oscillatory... 29 KB (3,216 words) - 18:54, 9 January 2024 |
Ancient Greek technology (section Water technology) include the gear, screw, rotary mills, bronze casting techniques, water clock, water organ, the torsion catapult, the use of steam to operate some experimental... 26 KB (1,548 words) - 23:27, 1 January 2024 |
Hourglass (redirect from Sand clock) 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... 21 KB (2,468 words) - 18:50, 19 March 2024 |
Amphiareion of Oropos (section Water clock) McK. Camp II, "Notes on a Water Clock in the Athenian Agora", Hesperia 46 (1977), pp. 147–161. JSTOR 147833. (The clock at the Amphiareion is discussed... 14 KB (1,770 words) - 12:58, 18 November 2023 |
players. He improved the water clock or clepsydra ("water thief"), which for more than 1,800 years was the most accurate clock ever constructed, until... 5 KB (491 words) - 14:57, 1 November 2023 |
clock is a clock that sounds the hours audibly on a bell, gong, or other audible device. In 12-hour striking, used most commonly in striking clocks today... 19 KB (2,707 words) - 01:12, 27 April 2024 |
Borugak Jagyeongnu (category Water clocks) The Borugak Jagyeongnu ("Water Clock of Borugak Pavilion"), classified as a scientific instrument, is the 229th National Treasure of South Korea and was... 4 KB (475 words) - 16:16, 2 March 2024 |
Mustansiriya Madrasah (section Water clock) of the Madrasa also had a salary. In 1235, an early monumental water-powered alarm clock that announced the appointed hours of prayer and the time both... 21 KB (2,442 words) - 01:41, 18 March 2024 |
Korea's first automatic water clock, which King Sejong adapted as Korea's standard timekeeper. It is likely that Koreans used water clocks to keep time prior... 6 KB (554 words) - 11:48, 6 March 2024 |