Ancient Indian clock (ghati). The coconut shell takes a measured time to sink. In ancient times this was exactly 24 minutes. When it sank the priest would strike a gong and pull it up to the surface again. This indicated that one 'hour' had gone by and there were 60 hours in a day | |
Licence : | Droits gérés |
Crédit: | Science Photo Library / Hart-Davis, Adam |
Taille de l’image : | 2496 px × 1664 px |
Model Release : | Non requis |
Property Release : | Non requis |
Restrictions : | - |