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.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

Anxious to turn the channel of her meditations in another direction, she rose from her seat to examine the clepsydra.

From Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf by Reynolds, George W. M. (George William MacArthur)

Each of the sides had a sort of dial, and the building formerly contained a clepsydra or water-clock.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli by Various

Plato is said to have invented a complicated clepsydra to indicate the 496 hours of the night as well as of the day.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" by Various

From the middle of the seventh century a clepsydra of Chinese origin was used to mark the hours.

From A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era by Brinkley, F. (Frank)