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Hourglass (sand)
Powder hourglass housed in a circular iron frame with four small pillars. The glass capsules 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
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Rights
- © Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Creation date
- 17th cent.
- 16XX
- 1700
- 1601
Places
- Italian?
Identifier
- urn:imss:instrument:401059
Extent
- height 110 mm
Language
- eng
- ita
References
- http://catalogue.museogalileo.it/indepth/HourglassesWaterClocks.html
Year
- 1601
- 1700
Providing country
- Italy