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A hydrochronometer is a kind of
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it was restarted by the Town Mayor of Rome. Another hydrochromometer can be found at Palazzo Berardi,
A hydrochronometer is a kind of water clock
A water clock or clepsydra (; ; ) is a timepiece by which time is measured by the regulated flow of liquid into (inflow type) or out from (outflow type) a vessel, and where the amount is then measured.
Water clocks are one of the oldest time- ...
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In 1867 Fr. Giovan Battista Embriaco, O.P., inventor and professor of the College of St. Thomas in Rome, created a hydrochronometer and sent it to the Paris Universal Exposition of 1867, where it received many prizes. It had the shape of a wooden pinnacle made of cast iron fused as tree trunks, while its four dials were visible from every direction.
In 1873, the Water clock was back in Rome and was placed in Villa Borghese gardens
Villa Borghese is a landscape garden in Rome, containing a number of buildings, museums (see Galleria Borghese) and attractions. It is the third largest public park in Rome (80 hectares or 197.7 acres) after the ones of the Villa Doria Pamphili ...
into a fountain realized by the architect Gioacchino Ersoch. It's still placed there and works 24/7
In commerce and industry, 24/7 or 24-7 service (usually pronounced "twenty-four seven") is Service (economics), service that is available at any time and usually, every day. An alternate orthography for the numerical part includes 24×7 (usuall ...
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In June 2007, after two years of restoration aELIS School
it was restarted by the Town Mayor of Rome. Another hydrochromometer can be found at Palazzo Berardi,
rione Pigna
Pigna is the 9th '' rione'' of Rome, identified by the initials R. IX, and belongs to the Municipio I. The name means "pine cone" in Italian, and the symbol of the ''rione'' is the colossal bronze pine cone, that stand above the '' Pigna''. Th ...
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