 | Elijah Coleman Bridgman, Samuel Wells Williams - 1851 - 586 стор.
...afternoon at 5 o'clock, by placing the mark on it for these hours even with the cover, through whirh it rises and indicates the time. The water is dipped...watchmen strike the watches during the night. Probably a ruder contrivance to divide time can hardly be found the world over, and if it was not for the clocks... | |
 | William Charles Milne - 1857 - 540 стор.
...index in the lowest jar is set every morning and afternoon at five o'clock, by placing the mark on it for these hours even with the cover, through which...top jar, when the index shows the completion of the half-day ; and the water is renewed every quarter. Two large drums stand in the room, on which the... | |
 | William Frederick Mayers, Charles King - 1867 - 826 стор.
...wooden index in the lowest jar is set every morning and afternoon at 5 o'clock by placing the mark on it for these hours even with the cover, through •which...out and poured back into the top jar when the index shews the completion of the half day, and the water is renewed every quarter. Two large drums stand... | |
 | William Frederick Mayers - 1867 - 852 стор.
...wooden index in the lowest jar is set every morning and afternoon at 5 o'clock by placing the mark on it for these hours even with the cover, through which...out and poured back into the top jar when the index shews the completion of the half day, and the water is renewed every quarter. Two large drums stand... | |
 | William Frederick Mayers, Charles King - 1867 - 852 стор.
...and indicates the time. The water is dipped out and poured back into the top jar when the index shews the completion of the half day, and the water is renewed every quarter. Two large drums stand close by, on which the watchmen strike the watches at night." The foregoing description refers to the... | |
 | John Henry Gray - 1875 - 780 стор.
...wooden index in the lowest jar is set every morning and afternoon at five o'clock by placing the mark on it for these hours even with the cover, through which...half day, and the water is renewed every quarter." According to a placard, which is pasted upon the walls of the room, in which this water clock stands,... | |
 | John Henry Gray - 1875 - 784 стор.
...wooden index in the lowest jar is set every morning and afternoon at five o'clock by placing the mark on it for these hours even with the cover, through which...completion of the half day, and the water is renewed every quarter.1' According to a placard, which is pasted upon the walls of the room, in which this water... | |
 | John Henry Gray - 1878 - 558 стор.
...index in the lowest jar is set every morning and afternoon at five o'clock, by placing the mark on it for these hours even with the cover, through which...top jar when the index shows the completion of the half-day ; and the water is renewed every quarter. Two large drams stand close by, on which the watchmen... | |
 | Edward Smith Bridges - 1879 - 336 стор.
...index in the lowest jar is set every morning and afternoon, at five o'clock, by placing the mark on it even with the cover, through which it rises and indicates...half day, and the water is renewed every quarter." This clepsydra was made in 1324, but the copper vessels were re-cast in 1860. " At the commencement... | |
 | Mrs. John Henry Gray - 1880 - 480 стор.
...index in the lowest jar is set every morning and afternoon at five o'clock, by placing the mark on it for these hours, even with the cover, through which...poured back into the top jar when the index shows tbe completion of the half-day, and the water is renewed every quarter." Vide Arahdeaoon Gray's •... | |
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... on it for these hours even with the cover, through which it rises and indicates the time. The water is dipped out and poured back into the top jar when the index shows the completion of the half day; and the water is renewed every quarter. 
