Explore a crossword featuring rare and unconventional timekeeping devices that measure time beyond ordinary clocks.
Quirky Clocks and Timekeepers
Explore a crossword featuring rare and unconventional timekeeping devices from history and innovation.
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- 1. Device feature using rotating disks to show time
- 2. Map makers' tool sometimes combined with time calculation
- 3. Highly accurate marine timekeeper used in navigation
- 4. Burns slowly to mark passage of time in some cultures
- 8. Ancient water clock measuring time by flow
- 10. Old English word related to hour or time
- 14. Uses shadows cast by the sun to indicate time
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- 5. Ancient instrument used to solve problems related to time and astronomy
- 6. A rare voice-activated timekeeping concept
- 7. A marked wax light used to track hours as it melts
- 9. Latin term for a timekeeping device
- 11. Type of clock designed to run indefinitely
- 12. Mechanical components integral to many clocks
- 13. Measures time by sand passing through a narrow neck
- 15. Used to track time via lunar cycles
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