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clepsydra [ˈklɛpsɪdrə] n pl -dras, -drae [-ˌdriː] (Miscellaneous Technologies / Horology) an ancient device for measuring time by the flow of water or mercury through a small aperture Also called water clock [from Latin, from Greek klepsudra, from kleptein to steal + hudōr water] clep•sy•dra (ˈklɛp sɪ drə) n., pl. -dras, -drae (-ˌdri) [1640–50; < Latin < Greek klepsýdra <kléptein to steal + hýdōr water] clepsydra an instrument for measuring time by the controlled flow of water or mercury through a small opening. See also: Instruments, Time
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The most precise time-keeping device of the ancient world was the water clock, or clepsydra, one of which was found in the tomb of the Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep I (1525-1504 BC). thus brought a lot of youthful ingenuity to the table, and no more so than with student works from RISD's Department of Furniture Design, such as Phillip Mann's Clepsydra dispenser (a parody of an ancient Roman water clock, emphasizing the theft of time), Sonia Baltodano's Time Compression (three rows of three coffee cups that morph into an ellipse and then a collapsed line), and Henrik Soderstrom's expandable Family Tree Chandelier (comprised of branching, tear-shaped photographic pendants). The daughter of Dansili, a Group 1 winner at two, is out of the Sadler's Wells mare Clepsydra, and another of the weekend's standout runners, Infamous Angel, is also by a Danehill stallion out of a Sadler's Wells mare. |
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