Museo Galileo
italiano
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Hourglasses, water clocks, and combustion clocks
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Objects
Hourglass

Hourglass

Inv. 138
Maker unknown, 17th cent.

Hourglass (sand)

Hourglass (sand)

Inv. 429
Maker unknown, Italian?, 17th cent.

Oil clock

Oil clock

Inv. 3570
Maker unknown, 18th cent.