Explore a crossword featuring rare and unconventional timekeeping devices that measure time beyond ordinary clocks.
Curious Clocks and Exotic Timekeepers
A crossword exploring rare and unusual timekeeping devices from history and around the world.
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- 1. Mechanical model showing celestial movements and time
- 2. Ancient device measuring time by the sun's shadow
- 3. An old-fashioned term for a clock or timepiece
- 4. Ancient device measuring time by the flow of mercury
- 8. Used as a timer by slowly burning down
- 10. Water clock used in ancient civilizations
- 15. Instrument historically used to tell time and position of stars
- 16. Device for telling time at night by the stars
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- 5. Early tool or method to mark time by star positions
- 6. Hourglass used historically to measure fixed intervals
- 7. Timekeeping tool using the burning of incense sticks
- 9. Rope used to indicate time by how fast it burns
- 11. A device that measures time by the burning wax
- 12. Timekeeper using trace of shadows to record solar movement
- 13. Stone monument often used as a shadow clock in ancient Egypt
- 14. A circular water clock used in ancient China
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