Timer

Description
A small sand timer with a short thin cylindrical frame which contains a clear glass tube pinched in middle. The tube contains red powder that takes twenty seconds to fall from one end of tube to other.
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Credit line
It is thought this timer was used when blood letting was being administered.
Accession number
A71.136
Collection type
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