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Hourglass
Powder hourglass housed in a hexagonal iron frame with six small pillars. The glass compartments are joined at the center by paper disks. The time elapsed was measured by the quantity of powder falling from the upper compartment to the lower one.
Creator
- Europeana
Publisher
- Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Type of item
- Hourglass
- hourglasses
Providing institution
Aggregator
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Rights
- © Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Creation date
- 17th cent.
- 16XX
- 1700
- 1601
Identifier
- urn:imss:instrument:401058
Extent
- height 130 mm
Language
- eng
- ita
References
- http://catalogue.museogalileo.it/indepth/HourglassesWaterClocks.html
Year
- 1601
- 1700
Providing country
- Italy