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Chronometric Relics: Horology's Arcane Instruments
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  • 1. General term for clocks, from Greek roots
  • 2. Shadow-dependent device marking day’s passage
  • 4. Duration indicator for wound clock’s endurance
  • 9. Water clock whose flow defies sand’s reign
  • 12. Instrument reading hours by stellar rotation
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  • 3. Escapement’s rocking crown wheel predecessor
  • 5. Primitive escapement’s swinging regulatory beam
  • 6. Oscillating timekeeper heart in portable clocks
  • 7. Ancient analog computer measuring celestial time
  • 8. Pioneering French manufacturers of precision clocks
  • 10. Adjective describing the art of making clocks
  • 11. Classic decorative clock often perched above fire
  • 13. Measure of ocean hours through sand’s descent
  • 14. Later crystal oscillator, ancestor’s silent heir

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