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Should there be a separate section discussing how the use of the hourglass was impacted after the invention of the mechanical clock? The only reference I can see in the article about this topic does not have any citations that correspond to this topic. Lizcarrano ( talk) 16:48, 16 February 2018 (UTC)
Anyone got any better pictures of an hourglass?
There is an album called Hourglass by James Taylor not mentioned with "Hourglass". There is a link for an hourglass single record, but it would seem wierd to place two links at the top of a page like that. Instead, due to me being inexperenced and problably mess it up, can someone make a disambiguation page or, if it seems ok, just place it under the other hourglass link. Thx, Nickmaster 22:19, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
Firstly should hourglass be merged with egg timer, and secondly there seem to be differing opinions on the root of the term egg timer. The German Wikipedia sais they were called egg timer because egg shells were sometimes used inside the glasses instead of sand beacause crushed egg shells give extremely fine powder.
interestingly it does not mention the use of hourglasses as a signal for busy in operating systems —The preceding unsigned comment was added by SleweD ( talk • contribs) 13:36, 9 January 2007 (UTC).
The examples section says a ship captain carried 18 hourglasses aboard. What could the function of having so many be? - Mpnolan 04:37, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
I'm not so sure if there should be a 'related terms' section - shouldn't this be covered in the disambiguation? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.114.176.214 ( talk) 04:56, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
Glassmaking in Europe goes back to at least Roman times, so probably what the article should read is that glassmaking for hourglasses was brought to Europe by the Venetians?
Alpha Ralpha Boulevard ( talk) 21:11, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
I've restored most of the Days of Our Lives stuff for reasons mentioned in the edit summary. It's hardly peacockery: most of that is historic perspective on symbolism. Personally, I could care less about soap operas, but I haven't been able to avoid that opening meme since I was small. (Non-Americans may have avoided it altogether.) Also, the computer icon bit is now better, but almost strays a little off-topic near the end. — Yamara ✉ 00:46, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
I'm adding a quote to give a broader historical context (and replacing in History that it was only used back as far as the 11th century). This source seems fairly dispassionate, knowledgable and detailed, but there are bound to be better. "The Book of Days: A Miscellany of Popular Antiquities in Connection with the Calendar"
Alpha Ralpha Boulevard ( talk) 00:56, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
The article should mention somewhere that black widow spiders have hourglasses on their bellies. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.105.128.54 ( talk) 23:10, 9 July 2009 (UTC)
Several sentences seem to have been copied verbatim from http://www.thepirateking.com/historical/sand_glass.htm In particular, the entire "Largest Sandglasses" paragraph -- 202.63.39.58 ( talk) 12:12, 17 May 2010 (UTC)
I have a pretty extensive vocabulary, and had never before heard the word "sandglass". When I first read it, I thought it might be some subtle vandalism. However, after a bit of web searching, I am satisfied that it is a real word: albeit about 25 times less common than "hourglass." However this makes me wonder if it is a regionalism? Does anyone know? -- 202.63.39.58 ( talk) 12:18, 17 May 2010 (UTC)
I have included the entry on hourglass from Ibn Seerin's Book of Dreams. It was undone by someone stupidly claiming the book doesn't exist. An ISBN trace makes it evidently clear it does. The book includes a forward by Dr Mahmoud Ayoub, a leading Islamic Studies academic. Ibn Seerin (Ibn Sirin) is entered on Wikipedia and reference is also made to the same book. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Plimfix ( talk • contribs) 10:56, 11 September 2012 (UTC)
I'm really not sure why the Body shape section is here...it doesn't fit in well with the rest of the article, it has no sources, and it's...creepy. I'm removing it for now, if somebody comes up with a legitimate reason for its inclusion they can add it back and hopefully explain themselves here. -- Kierkkadon talk/ contribs 14:00, 1 February 2013 (UTC)
It's an hourglass tipped on it's side, representing time no longer flowing/running out. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 47.55.176.9 ( talk) 20:05, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
I trimmed the following from the introductory paragraph, but it may find a different home.
Alternatives to sand are powdered eggshell and powdered marble [1] (sources disagree on the best material). In modern times, hourglasses are ornamental, or used when an approximate measure suffices, as in egg timers for cooking or for board games.
— jameslucas ( " " / +) 13:24, 26 June 2015 (UTC)
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"Some of the most famous hourglasses are the twelve-hour hourglass of Charlemagne of France" -- Charlemagne of France? Really? While the Roman Emperor Charlemagne was a Frankish king, there was no France during his lifetime. The reference for this and for the following information about Holbein is an obscure website that itself doesn't quote sources. One starts to wonder how reliable the rest of this article is ... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 148.85.163.42 ( talk) 13:47, 15 June 2016 (UTC)
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Perhaps I am misunderstanding the following sentence:
„There are no records of the hourglass existing in Europe prior to the Early Middle Ages, such as invention by the Ancient Greeks“.
Hourglasses were used in Greek trials to accord speakers equal time. See also the preceding paragraph, „antiquity“. Akalovid ( talk) 09:22, 7 February 2018 (UTC)
Is this because you exclude hourglasses running on water from the definition? Akalovid ( talk) 09:52, 7 February 2018 (UTC)
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Should there be a separate section discussing how the use of the hourglass was impacted after the invention of the mechanical clock? The only reference I can see in the article about this topic does not have any citations that correspond to this topic. Lizcarrano ( talk) 16:48, 16 February 2018 (UTC)
Anyone got any better pictures of an hourglass?
There is an album called Hourglass by James Taylor not mentioned with "Hourglass". There is a link for an hourglass single record, but it would seem wierd to place two links at the top of a page like that. Instead, due to me being inexperenced and problably mess it up, can someone make a disambiguation page or, if it seems ok, just place it under the other hourglass link. Thx, Nickmaster 22:19, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
Firstly should hourglass be merged with egg timer, and secondly there seem to be differing opinions on the root of the term egg timer. The German Wikipedia sais they were called egg timer because egg shells were sometimes used inside the glasses instead of sand beacause crushed egg shells give extremely fine powder.
interestingly it does not mention the use of hourglasses as a signal for busy in operating systems —The preceding unsigned comment was added by SleweD ( talk • contribs) 13:36, 9 January 2007 (UTC).
The examples section says a ship captain carried 18 hourglasses aboard. What could the function of having so many be? - Mpnolan 04:37, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
I'm not so sure if there should be a 'related terms' section - shouldn't this be covered in the disambiguation? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.114.176.214 ( talk) 04:56, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
Glassmaking in Europe goes back to at least Roman times, so probably what the article should read is that glassmaking for hourglasses was brought to Europe by the Venetians?
Alpha Ralpha Boulevard ( talk) 21:11, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
I've restored most of the Days of Our Lives stuff for reasons mentioned in the edit summary. It's hardly peacockery: most of that is historic perspective on symbolism. Personally, I could care less about soap operas, but I haven't been able to avoid that opening meme since I was small. (Non-Americans may have avoided it altogether.) Also, the computer icon bit is now better, but almost strays a little off-topic near the end. — Yamara ✉ 00:46, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
I'm adding a quote to give a broader historical context (and replacing in History that it was only used back as far as the 11th century). This source seems fairly dispassionate, knowledgable and detailed, but there are bound to be better. "The Book of Days: A Miscellany of Popular Antiquities in Connection with the Calendar"
Alpha Ralpha Boulevard ( talk) 00:56, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
The article should mention somewhere that black widow spiders have hourglasses on their bellies. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.105.128.54 ( talk) 23:10, 9 July 2009 (UTC)
Several sentences seem to have been copied verbatim from http://www.thepirateking.com/historical/sand_glass.htm In particular, the entire "Largest Sandglasses" paragraph -- 202.63.39.58 ( talk) 12:12, 17 May 2010 (UTC)
I have a pretty extensive vocabulary, and had never before heard the word "sandglass". When I first read it, I thought it might be some subtle vandalism. However, after a bit of web searching, I am satisfied that it is a real word: albeit about 25 times less common than "hourglass." However this makes me wonder if it is a regionalism? Does anyone know? -- 202.63.39.58 ( talk) 12:18, 17 May 2010 (UTC)
I have included the entry on hourglass from Ibn Seerin's Book of Dreams. It was undone by someone stupidly claiming the book doesn't exist. An ISBN trace makes it evidently clear it does. The book includes a forward by Dr Mahmoud Ayoub, a leading Islamic Studies academic. Ibn Seerin (Ibn Sirin) is entered on Wikipedia and reference is also made to the same book. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Plimfix ( talk • contribs) 10:56, 11 September 2012 (UTC)
I'm really not sure why the Body shape section is here...it doesn't fit in well with the rest of the article, it has no sources, and it's...creepy. I'm removing it for now, if somebody comes up with a legitimate reason for its inclusion they can add it back and hopefully explain themselves here. -- Kierkkadon talk/ contribs 14:00, 1 February 2013 (UTC)
It's an hourglass tipped on it's side, representing time no longer flowing/running out. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 47.55.176.9 ( talk) 20:05, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
I trimmed the following from the introductory paragraph, but it may find a different home.
Alternatives to sand are powdered eggshell and powdered marble [1] (sources disagree on the best material). In modern times, hourglasses are ornamental, or used when an approximate measure suffices, as in egg timers for cooking or for board games.
— jameslucas ( " " / +) 13:24, 26 June 2015 (UTC)
References
"Some of the most famous hourglasses are the twelve-hour hourglass of Charlemagne of France" -- Charlemagne of France? Really? While the Roman Emperor Charlemagne was a Frankish king, there was no France during his lifetime. The reference for this and for the following information about Holbein is an obscure website that itself doesn't quote sources. One starts to wonder how reliable the rest of this article is ... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 148.85.163.42 ( talk) 13:47, 15 June 2016 (UTC)
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Perhaps I am misunderstanding the following sentence:
„There are no records of the hourglass existing in Europe prior to the Early Middle Ages, such as invention by the Ancient Greeks“.
Hourglasses were used in Greek trials to accord speakers equal time. See also the preceding paragraph, „antiquity“. Akalovid ( talk) 09:22, 7 February 2018 (UTC)
Is this because you exclude hourglasses running on water from the definition? Akalovid ( talk) 09:52, 7 February 2018 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place to address the redirect ⧗. The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2020 June 24#⧗ until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. 1234qwer1234qwer4 ( talk) 18:44, 24 June 2020 (UTC)