Picture No | 10052555 |
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Description | Egyptian Clepsydra |
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An Egyptian variant of the CLEPSYDRA uses a boat, floating in a basin which gradually empties ; the boat's oar indicates the passage of time on the edge of the basin
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Source | cigarette card by an unnamed artist in Morris's series 'Measurement of Time' (1924) |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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