reatly inform, the most ancient ^consisting of a large basin whichreceived the water, dripping regularly from a sourceabove. Divisions within the basin marked the heightof the water, thus indicating the time. That this 84 might be shown at night, lamps or fires were kept burn-ing by the side of… … ) / !a The Kirkdale Sun-Dial—a noteworthy example of anearly type. upon a balance, each pound of water representing ake, which, in the Chinese system of horology, is theequivalent of one half-hour. In the days of the old Athenian courts, when law-yers were unknown and plaintiff and defendant pleaded
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