horographyn.
/hɒˈrɒɡrəfi/ (See quots.)
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the world > time > instruments for measuring time > [noun] > making or reckoning with
horologiography1633
horography1728
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Horography, the Art of making or constructing Dials; call'd also Horologiography.
1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Horography, an account of the hours.
1798 J. Gilchrist in Asiatick Researches 5 81 [They] reckon and divide time in the following manner, which exhibits a horography so imperfect..that [etc.].
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hoˈrographer n. a horologer, horologist. (In recent dictionaries.)
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