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Reconstruction of a clepsydra (water clock), invented by Ctesibius of Alexandria, c270 BC (1857). Ctesibius (fl270 BC) was an inventor
The tower of the winds in Athens, 1st centuryThe tower of the winds in Athens, built in the Roman period to house a water clock, 1st century
Egyptian water-clockAn Egyptian water-clock, which measured time by how long it took for the vessel to empty of water
Clepsydra (water clock) indicating hours and chiming, 1617-1619. From Utriusque cosmi...historia by Robert Fludd (Oppenheim, 1617-1619)