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单词 clepsydra
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Empedocles performed his experiment with a household implement people had used for centuries, the so-called clepsydra or “water thief,” which was used as a kitchen ladle. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
Mr. Vouillamoz, an engineer in nuclear physics and a microfluids specialist, wanted to create a new application of that ancient concept by replicating a clepsydra in a wristwatch. When Liquids and Mechanics Work Together 2013-04-24T15:32:10Z
“It is the age-old principle of the clepsydra.” When Liquids and Mechanics Work Together 2013-04-24T15:32:10Z
The clepsydra became in Greece a useful instrument to enforce the law in restricting loquacious orators and lawyers to reasonable limits in their addresses. Inventions in the Century 2011-07-20T02:00:14.643Z
It was invented by the Egyptians, and was called a clepsydra, and was in use among the Babylonians, the Greeks, and the Romans. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z
The water will run out before you have time to say an Ave," warned the Cordelier in a hollow voice, without removing his eyes from the clepsydra, and he added: "Heretic! The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century 2011-01-27T03:00:40.940Z
Both are bored to death, like the patient Pliny, by the readings of wealthy scribblers, or by tiresome pleadings in the courts, measured by many a turn of the clepsydra. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius
Each of the sides had a sort of dial, and the building formerly contained a clepsydra or water-clock. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli
And in Rome the sun-dials, the clepsydras and the hour-glass were used for the same purpose, and more generally than in Greece, to regulate the hours of business and pleasure. Inventions in the Century 2011-07-20T02:00:14.643Z
The clepsydra is said to have been known to the Egyptians. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy"
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 clepsydra naturally suggested to the mechanical mind the idea of driving a mechanism for registering time by the force of gravity acting on some body other than water. How it Works Dealing in simple language with steam, electricity, light, heat, sound, hydraulics, optics, etc., and with their applications to apparatus in common use
This would, however, be imperceptible so long as their lengths were not measured by some accurate mechanical time-measurer such as a clepsydra, sandglass, pendulum, or spring clock. The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture
From the middle of the seventh century a clepsydra of Chinese origin was used to mark the hours. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era
Smaller clepsydrae of glass were very early used in place of the sun-dial, to mark the hours. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy"
On this explanation, the purpose of the wheel would be merely to provide the manual adjustment necessary to set the angel from time to time, compensating for irremediable inaccuracies of the clepsydra. On the Origin of Clockwork, Perpetual Motion Devices, and the Compass
He glanced as he spoke toward the dial of the clepsydra, and Giulia followed his look in the same direction; it was half an hour after midnight. Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf
Indeed, the record on one tablet has been interpreted as noting that the astronomer's clock or clepsydra had stopped. The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture
This water clock was called a clepsydra, the name being taken from two Greek words meaning 'thief of water.' Christopher and the Clockmakers
The latter defect was remedied by keeping the level of the water in the clepsydra uniform, the volume of that discharged being noted. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy"
King Gundobad desired to become the possessor of a clepsydra or water-clock, such as had long been used in Athens and Rome, to regulate the time allotted to the orators in public debates. Theodoric the Goth Barbarian Champion of Civilisation
Anxious to turn the channel of her meditations in another direction, she rose from her seat to examine the clepsydra. Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf
During his residence at Toledo he constructed two clepsydras, the waters of which decreased and increased according to the waning and growing of the moon, and these two basins were destroyed only in A.D. Arabic Authors A Manual of Arabian History and Literature
Instead of telling when, as the sundial did, the clepsydra, by measuring a given interval, told how long, which was a very different thing indeed. Christopher and the Clockmakers
Plato is said to have invented a complicated clepsydra to indicate the 496 hours of the night as well as of the day. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy"
As the sound of the bells died away, the last drop of water fell from the clepsydra and marked the hour of midnight. In the Yule-Log Glow, Book II Christmas Tales from 'Round the World
It is pretty clear that the first request of the Burgundian King was for a clepsydra of some kind. The Letters of Cassiodorus Being A Condensed Translation Of The Variae Epistolae Of Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator
The water-clock, or clepsydra, has been known to the Chinese for centuries. China and the Chinese
However, mechanical clocks fitted with this escapement offer indisputable advantages over the ancient clepsydra; in spite of their imperfections they rendered important services, especially after the striking movement had been added. Watch and Clock Escapements A Complete Study in Theory and Practice of the Lever, Cylinder and Chronometer Escapements, Together with a Brief Account of the Origin and Evolution of the Escapement in Horology
Near the cypresses is a fountain, scarcely heard, whose fall is so feeble and slow, that one would be led to call it the clepsydra of this solitude, where time makes so little noise. Corinne, Volume 1 (of 2) Or Italy
Before there were hour-glasses and clepsydras, most phenomena could be estimated as to their durations and intervals, with no greater precision than degrees of hardness can be estimated by the fingers. Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library
How are we gainers when all's done, If Life's swift clepsydra have run With wine for water? Pipe and Pouch The Smoker's Own Book of Poetry
While we were thus busy, useful, and happy, the dripping rain, like a clepsydra, told off the morning moments. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 62, December, 1862
Either slow like the dripping of the remnants of water in a clepsydra. Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books
Very well, then we have all we need, except the clepsydra. The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2
Checking the hours by the clepsydra, he entered the name of every human being passing, up or down that stair, even the name of the manager every time he came in or went out. Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire
The nights, by the aid of a clepsydra, were divided into four watches, the termination of each being marked by the blast of a trumpet or horn. Conspiracy of Catiline and the Jurgurthine War
There follows a minute description of the brass clepsydra, and the     brass gnomon, which it is unnecessary to translate. The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1
The clepsydra had already accomplished three turns, and yet I roamed by the railing under the dryandra trees. Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books
A spring of water trickled in and trickled out of a great stone trough, ever full and overflowing with a soft, tinkling sound, like a clepsydra measuring the movements of eternity. The Golden Dog
Well," he said, "clepsydras always work better when nearly full than when nearly empty. Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire
But the lawyer is always in a hurry; there is the clepsydra limiting his time, and the brief limiting his topics, and his adversary is standing over him and exacting his rights. Theaetetus
The Arabian astronomers also devoted themselves to the construction and perfection of astronomical instruments, to the measurement of time by clocks of various kinds, by clepsydras and sun-dials. History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science
When you feed him have a full clepsydra handy and start it when he begins to eat. Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire
"As near accuracy," I said, "as any clepsydras ever made." Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire
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