Bernard Gitton
Modern water clock
Bernard Gitton (born 1943) is a French scientist, and builder of modern water clocks.[1]
He constructed "The Water Clock", at The Children's Museum of Indianapolis,[2][3] "Clepsydra Water Clock" at Abbotsford, British Columbia,[4] "Time Flow Clock" Europa Center, Berlin,[5] and "Time-Flow Clock" Rødovre Centrum, Denmark.[6] Also, he projected the Water Clock displayed on "Shopping Iguatemi" (Iguatemi Mall) in Porto Alegre city, Brazil. The clock stands there since 1983.
References
- ↑ http://www.marcdatabase.com/~lemur/dm-gitton.html
- ↑ http://www.mytcm.org/themuseum/icons/waterclock.htm
- ↑ http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/green-tech/sustainable/water-powered-clock2.htm
- ↑ http://www.tourismabbotsford.ca/index.php?page_id=469
- ↑ http://www.visitberlin.de/en/feature/125-years-of-kurfuerstendamm-1
- ↑ http://www.23hq.com/Dan-Tuyet/photo/2530977
External links
- http://sites.google.com/site/simeonlapinbleu/gitton
- http://www.cadrans-solaires.fr/Cadran-clepsydre.html
- http://www.iguatemiportoalegre.com.br/blog/o-curioso-relogio-d%E2%80%99agua/
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