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

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.

From Theodoric the Goth Barbarian Champion of Civilisation by Hodgkin, Thomas

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)

It was invented by the Egyptians, and was called a clepsydra, and was in use among the Babylonians, the Greeks, and the Romans.

From Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens by Blake, John F.

While we were thus busy, useful, and happy, the dripping rain, like a clepsydra, told off the morning moments.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 62, December, 1862 by Various