Explore a crossword featuring rare and unconventional timekeeping devices that measure time beyond ordinary clocks.
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Eccentric Clocks and Time Innovations
Discover unusual and fascinating timekeeping devices through this crossword featuring rare and innovative clocks and timers from history and modernity.
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- 1. Used historically to measure burning time intervals
- 3. Uses the sun’s shadow to show time
- 5. Timekeeping by the burning of a marked candle
- 7. Timekeeping based on the phases of the moon
- 9. Latin term for any timekeeping instrument
- 10. Type of clock powered by gears and springs
- 12. Medieval term for a public clock
- 13. Burning stick used to measure passage of days
- 16. Traditional hourglass measuring time with sand
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- 2. Ancient Egyptian structure used as a shadow marker
- 4. Device tracking water levels to keep time
- 6. Measures time through the burning rate of incense
- 8. Latin phrase often inscribed on clocks meaning 'time flies'
- 11. Precision timepiece used for accurate timekeeping
- 14. Ancient astronomical instrument also used for time
- 15. Ancient water clock measuring time by liquid flow
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