Explore a crossword featuring rare and unconventional timekeeping devices that measure time beyond ordinary clocks.
Eccentric Chronometers and Timekeepers
A crossword exploring rare and unconventional devices used throughout history to measure time.
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- 1. Driven by flowing water for time measurement
- 2. Natural formation often referenced in early time models
- 3. Microscopic creatures linked to fossil time scales
- 4. Type of sundial aligned with Earth's axis
- 5. Burning sticks used as time indicators
- 7. Highly accurate mechanical timekeeper
- 8. Device that tells time using shadows
- 11. Ancient water clock measuring time by flow
- 13. Clock showing the positions of planets
- 14. Ancient instrument for celestial timekeeping
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- 6. Time marked by burning candles and notches
- 9. Sand flows from one bulb to another
- 10. Based on the cycles of the moon
- 12. Water clock variant with a floating indicator
- 15. Used to find time by stars at night
- 16. CLOCK Tracks ocean tides instead of hours
- 17. Rare Nordic wind-driven time device
- 18. Japanese incense clock name
- 19. Latin term for 'midday' in timekeeping
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