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Time goes by really fast! The next thing we know it has been an entire day and now its time to go back to sleep. Did you ever stop to think about how we even measure all that time? Enter glass vases. The hour glass timer is a very fascinating implement that serves to quantify time. It consists of two glass bulbs connected by a stem which is, ultimately that same material as the bulb. These bulbs are filled with sand. This is how time moves as the sand drains from one top bulb to another. Here is what we can learn About-The-Hour-Glass

Ever seen an hour glass? It can be really fascinating! Sand then trickles from one little bulb to the other – grains of sand beneath each, dropping gently and inevitably down. Time feels like it is escaping through your eyes along with the sand. But are you aware of the principles behind how hour glass itself actually works? Simply gravity is the answer! Two bulbs are connected by a narrow neck and gravity pulls the sand through that. The throat, so thin that only one grain of sand passes through at the time. This is what makes the hour glass accurate in measuring time!

Capturing time with the flip of sand

Do you realize that an hourglass is reusable? It’s true! Flip the glass ornament and all of that sand which has accumulated at the bottom bulb beautifully rises back in abundance to fill up in top bulb one more moment. And as the sand trickles back down, time is measured in exactly the same manner. If it is, then that personalized hourglass has to be reset; which resets the clock— this in itself can often take quite a while. It's quite and old concept, more than 600 years! Time was frequently used to qualify how long certain tasks took. Like a chef may use an hour glass to estimate how long it takes to bake the cake so they know when its good for consumption.

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