) / !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 … Beside the pulpits of English churches may still be seen the stands provided for these fragile reminders of times passage. each his own cause, the clepsydra was used to limit thetime of speaking. According to Benson, ^schinesspeaks of the first water being given to the accuser, the second to the…
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