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Wick Timekeeper

WICK TIMEKEEPER of the ancient Chinese and Japanese : time is measured by how long it takes for the smouldering wick to burn from one knot to the next

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10052544
Media ID
47216350
Size
2642px x 4592px (2.4MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
cigarette card by an unnamed artist in Morris's series Measurement of Time' (1924)

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