Horologium
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Horologium may refer to:
In horology (the science of time-keeping):
- Various types of ancient and medieval clocks, such as:
- Sundial; notably, the Solarium Augusti, a sun marker built by Augustus
- Hourglass
- Water clock
- Turret clock
- A combination of the aforementioned, like the Tower of the Winds
- Old astronomical clocks; notably, the Antikythera mechanism
- Book of hours or horologion, manuscripts containing a daily schedule of prayers
In astronomy:
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