The arts in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance (1886)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884, Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · London : J.S. Virtue & Co. · leaf 184
special duty of giving timely notice to eacli of tlie threespeakers that his portion was nearly run out. If, on some unusual (xicasion,the time for one or other of the ])arties was doubled, it was called addingwater-clock to water-clock; and when witnesses were giv-ing evidence, or thetext of some… … Fig. 143.—The Clockmaker. Designed and Engraved by J. Amman. short intervals of time, had great analogy with the water-clock, but wasnever so regular. In fact, at different periods, important improvements wereapplied to the water-clock. Vitruyius tells us that, about one hundred yearsbefore our…
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