我从未见过这样的漏壶！我确定这是艾里斯占卜所需的设备。
时间是通过水钟或漏壶（clepsydra）来计算的，漏壶（clepsydra）字面上意为偷取时间，希腊文中的kleptes也就是盗贼之意。
直到16世纪时，迦利略还用水银漏壶为其自由落体实验计时。
1·The Romans invented a clepsydra consisting of a cylinder into which water dripped from a reservoir; a float provided readings against a scale on the cylinder wall.
罗马人发明的一种漏壶则是让水从蓄水器滴入一圆筒，筒内有一浮子，在筒壁的刻度尺上指示读数。
2·This method of measuring time through clepsydra was still not accurate.
这种漏壶计时的准确性仍然比较差。
3·Water clock: or clepsydra, Ancient device for measuring time by the gradual flow of water.
水钟，亦称漏壶，利用水的流动计时的古代时钟。
1·The steelyard clepsydra, a special type of clepsydra, had been the chief timekeeping instrument during the Sui-Tang period and the earlier stage of the Northern Song dynasty.
秤漏是一种特殊类型的漏刻，在隋唐及北宋前期曾是司天机构的主要计时仪器。
2·The steelyard clepsydra, a special type of clepsydra, had been a chief time-keeping instrument during the Sui-Tang period a nd the earlier stage of Northern Song dynasty.
秤漏是一种特殊类型的漏刻，在隋唐及北宋前期曾是司天机构的主要计时仪器。