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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 as they ...
A bucket hat (variations of which include the fisherman's hat, Irish country hat and session hat) is a hat with a narrow, downward-sloping brim. Typically, the hat is made from heavy-duty cotton fabric such as denim or canvas , or heavy wool such as tweed , sometimes with metal eyelets placed on the crown of the hat for ventilation.
The first clock known to strike regularly on the hour, a clock with a verge and foliot mechanism, is recorded in Milan in 1336. [96] By 1341, clocks driven by weights were familiar enough to be able to be adapted for grain mills , [ 97 ] and by 1344 the clock in London's Old St Paul's Cathedral had been replaced by one with an escapement. [ 98 ]
[2] [3] Filled with the amount of sand suitable for measuring a lapse of half an hour, each time the sand emptied was also called a "glass"; eight glasses (four hours) defined a "watch". [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The times determined by the sandglass, along with the record in the logbook of the speed measured with the " chip log ", permitted the ship's ...
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Andrew Gronholdt (26 August 1915 – 13 March 1998) was a famous Aleut from Sand Point, Alaska, in the Shumagin Islands south of the lower Alaska Peninsula and became famous for rejuvenating the ancient Unangan art of carving hunting hats called chagudax.
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Hour: The next two rows of 8 light switches are the hour mark, using a similar BCD system, where the upper row is a multiplier of 5, and the lower row is a multiplier of 1. Therefore the maximum hour number is 4*5+4=24 and the minimal hour number is 0 where everything is OFF. Since a 24-hour clock uses a number from 0-23.