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Hourglass

An hourglass (or sandglass, sand timer, or sand clock) is a device used to measure the passage of time. It comprises two glass bulbs connected vertically by a narrow neck that allows a regulated flow of a substance (historically sand) from the upper bulb to the lower one due to gravity. Typically, the upper and lower bulbs are symmetric. The specific…

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Hourglass motif

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Hourglass

Nodes90
Edges89
Triples118
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.022222
Components1

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Hourglass

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related to Hourglass motif · 30
Hourglass → Because, Both, Challengers, Champaigne Still-Life, Chuncho, Edinburgh, Hourglasses, In Zulu, Jacob Jordaens, Johann Zoffany, John Livingstone, Native American, Neolithic, North America, Observers, Philippe, Project Tic Toc, SalzburgKnow, Sebastiansfriedhof, Skull
related to Middle Ages · 17
Hourglass → Allegory, Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Edward III, England, Europe, European, Good Government, In, King's, La George, Late Middle Ages, Latin, Stetesham, The, There, Thomas, Use
related to Practical uses · 14
Hourglass → Barcelona, During, Ferdinand Magellan, From, Hourglasses, It, Italian, King Charles, London, Noon, Science Museum, South Kensington, Spain, The
related to Modern symbolic uses · 11
Hourglass → American, CD, Days, During, For, Like, Macdonald Carey, Our Lives, Recognition, Various, When
related to Periodicals · 9
Hourglass → Ivars, Morris, Omni, Peterson, Science News, Scot, September, The, Trickling
related to Modern practical uses · 6
Hourglass → Australian Parliament, Boggle, Both, Pictionary, Sand, While
related to Antiquity · 5
Hourglass → Babylon, BCE, Egypt, Its, The
related to Design · 4
Hourglass → It, Little, The, While
related to External links · 4
Hourglass → Hourglasses, Media, Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
related to Material · 4
Hourglass → It, Over, The, While

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time hourglasses used sand bulbs century symbol use measure flow marine needed sandglass clock glass citation art neck upper design

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Pictionaryinstance ofsuch as divisions.Sand timers are sometimes included with tabletop games0.80text
Boggle that place time constraints on rounds of play.A contemporary sand timerAn hourglass in useinstance ofsuch as divisions.Sand timers are sometimes included with tabletop games0.80text
2015The Timewheel in Budapestinstance ofsuch as divisions.Sand timers are sometimes included with tabletop games0.80text
Hungary Modern practical usesWhile hourglasses are no longer widely used for keeping timeinstance ofsuch as divisions.Sand timers are sometimes included with tabletop games0.80text
some institutions do maintain theminstance ofsuch as divisions.Sand timers are sometimes included with tabletop games0.80text
Hungary Symbolic usesUnlike most other methods of measuring timeinstance ofsuch as divisions.Sand timers are sometimes included with tabletop games0.80text
the hourglass concretely represents the present as being between the pastinstance ofsuch as divisions.Sand timers are sometimes included with tabletop games0.80text
the futureinstance ofsuch as divisions.Sand timers are sometimes included with tabletop games0.80text
and this has made it an enduring symbol of time as a conceptinstance ofsuch as divisions.Sand timers are sometimes included with tabletop games0.80text
Hourglassrelated to AntiquityThe0.60section
Hourglassrelated to AntiquityIts0.60section
Hourglassrelated to AntiquityBabylon0.60section

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