Definition of water clock
: an instrument designed to measure time by the fall or flow of a quantity of water — called also
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The need to gauge the divisions of the day and night led the ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Romans to create sundials, water clocks and other early chronometric tools.
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First Known Use of water clock
1601
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