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

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)

Either slow like the dripping of the remnants of water in a clepsydra.

From Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books by Joly, H. Bencraft

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

It is pretty clear that the first request of the Burgundian King was for a clepsydra of some kind.

From The Letters of Cassiodorus Being A Condensed Translation Of The Variae Epistolae Of Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator by Hodgkin, Thomas