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Timeless Instruments of Ancient Clocks
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  • 1. Ancient instrument used to measure celestial positions and time
  • 2. Device that tells time using shadow cast by the sun
  • 3. Ancient table or book showing calendars and celestial data
  • 6. Tall ancient stone structure also used as a shadow clock
  • 8. Device measuring time by sand flowing from one bulb to another
  • 10. Instrument to determine time at night by stars' positions
  • 14. Symbolic term mistakenly linked but not a time device
  • 16. General device to measure a set interval of time
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  • 4. Egyptian symbol sometimes linked to life and cyclic time
  • 5. Old term referring to any timekeeping device
  • 7. Water clock used in ancient times to measure time intervals
  • 9. Portable light source sometimes used to track time at night
  • 11. Line used in sundials to mark the sun's highest point
  • 12. Two connected glass bulbs measuring fixed time by sand flow
  • 13. Simpler form of water clock, used in ancient courts
  • 15. Sound-producing device used historically to mark time intervals
  • 17. A burning object used to estimate time by length consumed

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