Kostas Kotsanas

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clockmaker

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Kotsanas Museum of Ancient Greek Technology via Europeana

clocks

The “anaphoric” clock

The “anaphoric” clock is held by Kotsanas Museum of Ancient Greek Technology. Museum description: It was a brilliant hydraulic clock which indicated, with accuracy, the 365 different hours of the year. A cam disc - on which a drawing represented the sky and the zodiac cycle – rotated behind a bronze grid. The grid c…

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Kotsanas Museum of Ancient Greek Technology via Europeana

clocks

The alarm clock of Plato

The alarm clock of Plato is held by Kotsanas Museum of Ancient Greek Technology. Museum description: It was a hydraulic alarm clock which was invented by Plato. The upper ceramic vessel supplied the next vessel with water through a tap (appropriately calculated provision for each case). When the second vessel was fu…

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Kotsanas Museum of Ancient Greek Technology via Europeana

clocks

The hydraulic clock of Archimedes

The hydraulic clock of Archimedes is held by Kotsanas Museum of Ancient Greek Technology. Museum description: It was a complex hydraulic clock with many automatically moving objects. It consisted of the central storage container which supplied the water. The water went through a smaller container which ensured the s…

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Kotsanas Museum of Ancient Greek Technology via Europeana

clocks

The hydraulic clock of Ktesibios

The hydraulic clock of Ktesibios is held by Kotsanas Museum of Ancient Greek Technology. Museum description: It was a marvel of automation, since the clock was able to operate continuously, without human intervention, indicating the 365 hour-days of the year (of altering day time hour duration). The water from a spr…

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