Horologium
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Horologium
(
Latin
for "
clock
") may refer to:
Clock
, a device for measuring the time
Astronomical clock
, also sometimes distinguished as a horologium
Horologium Augusti
, a solar marker built in ancient Rome by Augustus, once believed to have acted as a sundial
Horologium, a
turret clock
built in 1283 in Dunstable, UK
Horologium Sapientiae
("Clock of Wisdom"), a 14th-century book on spirituality by Henry Suso
Horologium Oscillatorium
, a 17th-century book by Christiaan Huygens on pendulum clocks
Horologium (constellation)
, in the southern celestial hemisphere named in honor of Huygens's work
Horologium-Reticulum Supercluster
, in the area of the constellation
Horologium (Orthodoxy)
, or Horologion, the book detailing the prayers at the canonical hours in Eastern Orthodoxy