Water Clock in Villa Borghese Gardens
by Carolyn Derstine
Title
Water Clock in Villa Borghese Gardens
Artist
Carolyn Derstine
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Photograph - Photograph
Description
This hydrochronometer (also known as water clock) was built in 1867 by the inventor Giovan Battista Embriaco, who displayed this water clock at the Universal Exposition of 1867 in Paris. In 1873, the hydrochronometer was placed in Rome at the Villa Borghese gardens into a fountain designed by the architect Gioacchino Ersoch who placed the clock on a small island in a pond, surrounded by a simulated forest. The original idea for this great work of mechanical engineering is to use the force of the water to move the pendulum and wind the clock, adding a ringtone that began playing with the alternate filling of two basins. The clock was recently restored in 2007, and it is currently in operating condition.
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August 13th, 2018
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