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| Incense Clock |
China, a thousand years ago. Kontextmaschine has the story, which ends with this bit:
But by far the method I was most taken with was one where you connect multiple types of incense into a single stick or a line of powder, so that each hour (or whichever unit of time) has a particular smell. I find that totally delightful for some reason. A very, very charming premodern way of doing things. Imprecise, but charming.*sniffs* oh fuck I’m late
Via Astral Codex Ten
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