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Water Clock Diagram

Water clock design by the Greek inventor and mathematician Ctesibius (285 - 222 BC) in which the figure rises, pointing to the temporal hour, as water fills the cylinder which empties automatically to fill a drum that rotates the hour scale cylinder once in a year.

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Water Clock Diagram

Caption:

Water clock design by the Greek inventor and mathematician Ctesibius (285 - 222 BC) in which the figure rises, pointing to the temporal hour, as water fills the cylinder which empties automatically to fill a drum that rotates the hour scale cylinder once in a year.

Credit:

Album / NYPL/SCIENCE SOURCE

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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:

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