17th Century Sand Glass Clock Clepsammia Time Piece 1920s Ad Trade Card

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17th Century Sand Glass Clock Clepsammia Time Piece 1920s Ad Trade Card
NOTE:
THESE ARE NOT POSTCARDS
THEY ARE TRADE/ADVERTISING CARDS.
THEY ARE MUCH SMALLER THAN A STANDARD POSTCARD
AND
THERE IS ADVERTISING TEXT ON THE BACK!
THE CARD DIMENSIONS ARE APPROXIMATELY
2 5/8 '' x 1 3/8 ''  or  6.5 cm. x 3.5 cm.
ORIGINAL 1920s TRADE - ADVERTISING CARD
MEASUREMENT OF TIME
17th CENTURY  SAND GLASS
THE This consists of two glass-bulbs connected by a  neck, and measures a  prearranged
period by  the falling of fine sand  from the upper into the  lower bulb. Clepsammia,  as they
are called by  several writers, is  ascribed to Luitprand, a  monk of Chartres, who  at the end
of the eighth  century resuscitated the  art of blowing glass. A  Sand Glass is used in the
House of Commons to  this day; and in recent  times it was often used by  the preacher in the
pulpit.
THE REVERSE SIDE HAS TEXT ABOUT THE IMAGE ON THE FRONT SIDE
SEE IMAGES ABOVE
THE CARD DIMENSIONS ARE APPROXIMATELY
2 5/8 '' x 1 3/8 ''  or  6.5 cm. x 3.5 cm.
NOTE:
THE IMAGE ABOVE IS LARGER THAN THE CARD
TO SHOW THE DETAIL.
THIS CARD IS  NOT A MODERN REPRODUCTION
IT WAS PRINTED IN THE 1920s
IT IS NOT PERFECT
THERE MAY BE:
SLIGHT PAPER LOSS - SMUDGING - ROUNDED CORNERS - WEAK CORNERS - SURFACE CREASES
SEE THE IMAGES ABOVE!
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