单词 | water clock |
例句 | They did not have mechanical clocks, but they had sundials and water clocks. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z An entire room is devoted to blown-up photographs of the Chinese zodiac animal heads that once adorned an elaborate water clock fountain designed by Benoit. China Remembers a Vast Crime 2010-10-21T12:26:00Z These are challenging poems that function much as water clocks did, using inflow and outflow to tell time. Poets reflect on Ferguson, Obama, war and matters of the heart 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z Opened by Briton Michael Richardson — former maître d' at London's posh Ivy — the café takes its name from the nearby Dar al-Magana — a house containing an elaborate 14th century water clock. TIME Traveler: Five Reasons To Visit Fez 2010-05-06T06:45:00Z Measuring time through the use of a carefully controlled falling weight — a variation on water clocks that had been developed in China and the lands of medieval Islam — resulted in a profound transformation. Museum Review: National Watch & Clock Museum, Columbia, Pa. - Review 2011-09-08T22:42:06Z Its short, digestible sections are instead about candy bracelets, water clocks, the birds that fly above Jerusalem’s checkpoints, the taste of Coca-Cola in prison. Review | Colum McCann’s ‘Apeirogon’ takes an elliptical approach to the unending Middle East conflict 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z Klein consults engineers about the ingenious water clock. 'Leonardo's Legacy': Leonardo da Vinci ? artist, inventor, naturalist 2010-06-23T23:37:00Z These include two stone terraces that made up part of the famed fountain that fed the water clock and are now on the grounds of Peking University. China Remembers a Vast Crime 2010-10-21T12:26:00Z The ancient Egyptians invented the first water clocks and sundials more than 3,500 years ago. Who Invented the Measurement of Time? 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z Rocky comes to know his land through the “water clock” he keeps, knowing what time of the year it is by water’s presence or absence. How a daughter's love and a mother's tenacity saved Marianne Wiggins' novel 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z As you start to get things such as water clocks, that’s something that individual people can use to time things. How Measuring Time Shaped History 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z On the left side the Dutch physicist Christian Huyghens is depicted demonstrating the first pendulum clock, which he invented in 1656, and on the right side there is a Roman senator holding a water clock. Windsor Castle: Changing hundreds of royal clocks 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z “The project didn’t get made, but it involved ancient puzzles in the ‘Indiana Jones’ style, water clocks, and the mechanisms behind them.” Nicole Perlman Harnesses Her Superpowers 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z And for measuring discrete units of time, they used water clocks. Who Invented the Measurement of Time? 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z “During that period they were using water clocks to tell time,” he said. Ancient astronomers help prove that Earth’s spin is slowing 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z That tells you that it was a water clock because they’re going there to fill up buckets to put the fire out. How Measuring Time Shaped History 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z The need to gauge the divisions of the day and night led the ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Romans to create sundials, water clocks and other early chronometric tools. Time Keeping Has a Long, Colorful History 2014-11-14T05:00:00Z For centuries, inventors refine the design, and some time around 270 BCE, the Greek inventor Csestibus becomes famous for a water clock that utilizes animated human figures. 30 Great Moments In The History Of Robots 2012-11-26T16:11:46Z The oldest surviving water clocks were found in Egypt and Babylon, and the earliest of these date to around 1500 B.C.E. Who Invented the Measurement of Time? 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z The sundial’s nocturnal counterpart, the water clock, was designed to measure temporal hours at night. A Chronicle of Timekeeping 2011-12-31T05:15:09.740Z It’s a water clock, based on a constant flow of water, but it’s a mechanical device. How Measuring Time Shaped History 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z But on its own small scale, the water clock is a marvel. State of the Art: 12 Gifts That Go Beyond the Predictable - State of the Art 2011-12-14T23:42:29Z Water from a spring on the hillside filled the basins of a water clock in the basement of the Tower. Wind and Weather 2011-11-23T03:00:57.717Z The earliest Chinese water clocks were probably outflow devices and were known as louke. Who Invented the Measurement of Time? 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z One of the first water clocks was a basin with a small hole near the bottom through which the water dripped out. A Chronicle of Timekeeping 2011-12-31T05:15:09.740Z It’s this weird hybrid between an old-school water clock and the mechanical clocks that would be developed in Europe a century or two later. How Measuring Time Shaped History 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z These weight-driven clocks replaced water clocks, which had a problem of water freezing, and sandclocks, which could measure only small time intervals. Our Legal Heritage June 2011 (Sixth) Edition 2011-06-03T02:00:23.737Z He also made a water clock, about four feet high, with a dial-plate at the top, with figures of the hours. Famous Men of Science 2011-03-08T03:00:49.717Z It is recorded that Haroun-al-Raschid sent ambassadors from Bagdad—which had now replaced Damascus as the Moslem capital—with a splendid tent, a water clock, an elephant and the keys of the Holy Sepulchre. A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z The water clock, built five hundred years ago, is composed of three copper vessels placed on top of each other with an indicator in the lower one. My Trip Around the World August, 1895-May, 1896 It is the thesis of this part of my argument that the ordinary time-telling clock is no affiliate of the other simple time-telling devices such as sundials, sand glasses and the elementary water clocks. On the Origin of Clockwork, Perpetual Motion Devices, and the Compass Near by this place is the old Buddhist water clock, which for five hundred years has marked the time by the drip of water from a hidden spring. The Critic in the Orient This water clock was called a clepsydra, the name being taken from two Greek words meaning 'thief of water.' Christopher and the Clockmakers After visiting several of these temples and the picturesque flowery pagoda we set out for the famous water clock that is said to have been built more than thirteen hundred years ago. Wanderings in the Orient He also devised methods of raising water, automatic contrivances, and amusing things of many kinds, including among them the construction of water clocks. The Ten Books on Architecture There are however enough mentions to make it certain that water clocks of some sort were in use, especially for ecclesiastic purposes, from the end of the 12th century onwards. On the Origin of Clockwork, Perpetual Motion Devices, and the Compass Here every one found what would suit his own liking and capacity, and here on the day after their arrival the company worked hard after breakfast 'for four hours by the water clock.' The Great Book-Collectors Moreover, with the water clock a new factor in time came into being. Christopher and the Clockmakers The watch was set by means of the water clock found in the cabin. In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India According to these rules, and by this mechanism, water clocks may be constructed for use in winter. The Ten Books on Architecture It seems probable that some of these water clocks could have been simple drip clepsydras, with perhaps a striking arrangement added. On the Origin of Clockwork, Perpetual Motion Devices, and the Compass The Tower of the Winds, erected by Andronicus Cyrrhestes about B. C. 100, contained a weathercock, a sun dial, and a water clock. Scientific American Supplement, No. 421, January 26, 1884 "And did people continue to use this water clock?" Christopher and the Clockmakers He had no idea what the time was: Shaik Mahomet had the water clock, with which he timed the watches; and Desmond's could not yet be due. In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India It was a delightful visit, but we could not remain so long as we wished, for we had to see the water clock. A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months There is, alas, nothing to tell us about the clock it was intended to house; most probably it was a water clock similar to that of the illustrated Bible of ca. On the Origin of Clockwork, Perpetual Motion Devices, and the Compass This led to the mechanical clock, which would replace water clocks, which had a problem of water freezing, and sand clocks, which could measure only small time intervals. Our Legal Heritage, 5th Ed. "And so the Greeks managed to fix up their water clock to their satisfaction, after all." Christopher and the Clockmakers There was a chapter on water clocks, to begin with: “Known to the Egyptians and the Holy Land.” The Moon Rock Issac Newton was a genius, who in his childhood designed and built model windmills, water wheels, water clocks, and sundials. Our Legal Heritage : 600-1776 King Aethelbert - King George III On sun-dials and water clocks it marked the flight of time. Imperial Purple He makes his voyage too late, perhaps, by a true water clock who delays so long. A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers Moreover, it was lighter, less bulky, and could be carried about, and the old water clocks could not—that is, not without great inconvenience and danger of breaking. Christopher and the Clockmakers We did not, to be sure, revert to water clocks; but our forefathers did not scorn to resort to sundials, sand glasses, and noon marks. Christopher and the Clockmakers |
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