Explore a crossword featuring rare and unconventional timekeeping devices that measure time beyond ordinary clocks.
Chrono Curiosities: Unconventional Timekeepers
Explore an intriguing crossword featuring rare and unusual timekeeping devices from history and science.
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- 1. Early device that tells time using shadow cast by the sun
- 2. Device adapted as a shadow clock in old timekeeping
- 3. Tall ancient stone used as a shadow-based sundial
- 4. Timekeeping device using marked candles that burn down
- 9. Timekeeping device that tracks tidal patterns
- 12. Tool to tell time by stars during nighttime
- 13. Phenomenon related to internal body clock disruption by rapid time zone change
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- 5. Wristwatch with unconventional numeric or visual display
- 6. Another name for hourglass, measuring intervals by sand
- 7. Traditional device that uses drumbeats to mark intervals
- 8. Early mechanical instrument for time measurement
- 10. Ancient water clock measuring time by water flow
- 11. Clock using zodiac signs to mark divisions of time
- 14. Ancient instrument used to measure celestial time and position
- 15. Device measuring time as sand flows between two bulbs
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