Old clocks and watches & their makers : being an historical and descriptive account of the different styles of clocks and watches of the past, in England and abroad, to which is added a list of nearly twelve thousand makers (1922)
Britten, F. J. (Frederick James), 1843-1913, Britten, Annie · London : E. & F. N. Spon · leaf 29
small tube or short leg of a syphonFEE, till it reaches the top, when it flows over the bent part, andquickly empties the cylinder, bringing down the float, and with it theindex to the starting point. So far it would have measured hoursof equal length ; but the Egyptian method required some…
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