Hourglass
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Now, I posit that they developed when someone held a handfull of sand and let it drain through the bottom of their fist... the curled little finger. |
Now, I posit that they developed when someone held a handfull of sand and let it drain through the bottom of their fist... the curled little finger. |
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| − | So, I'd like an hourglass in which each bulb is a fist shaped so it appears the sand is draining through it in this (with sand filling the shape it to make it clear. The exact proportions may need to be tuned, as well as the exact shapes so that sand is never trapped in the wrong bulb. |
+ | So, I'd like an hourglass in which each bulb is fist shaped (in negative space) so it appears the sand is draining through it in this (with sand filling the top bulb to make the shape clear). The exact proportions would need to be tuned so that it looks good with sand filling the top, but not looking silly as it fills the bottom, as well as the exact shapes so that sand is never trapped by cups in the top bulb |
See also [[Wikipedia:Hourglass]] |
See also [[Wikipedia:Hourglass]] |
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Latest revision as of 12:29, 25 August 2008
Hourglasses are a cool and ancient timekeeping technology.
Now, I posit that they developed when someone held a handfull of sand and let it drain through the bottom of their fist... the curled little finger.
So, I'd like an hourglass in which each bulb is fist shaped (in negative space) so it appears the sand is draining through it in this (with sand filling the top bulb to make the shape clear). The exact proportions would need to be tuned so that it looks good with sand filling the top, but not looking silly as it fills the bottom, as well as the exact shapes so that sand is never trapped by cups in the top bulb
See also Wikipedia:Hourglass
