Plate from 18th century encyclopedia showing examples of clocks and clockwork mechanisms. Horology, the study of time, is the art or science of measur

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Plate from 18th century encyclopedia showing examples of clocks and clockwork mechanisms. Horology, the study of time, is the art or science of measuring time. Clocks, watches, clockwork, sundials, clepsydras, timers, time recorders and marine chronometers are all examples of instruments used to measure time.

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Keywords: clepsydra, clock, clockwork, cogs, cogwheels, diagram, horology, illustration, time, water, wheels