List of largest hourglasses

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This article lists the largest hourglasses that have been built.

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Hourglass Panta Rhei, Ybbsitz.jpg Built in 2000, this hourglass is located in Ybbsitz and is called Panta Rhei. [1]
Sanduhr in Mainz 1.jpg Built in 1984 and located in Mainz, this hourglass was donated by Schott Glaswerke. [2] 1 hour
Semi-Transparent.png Unveiled in 2008 and located at the Red Square in Moscow. [3] 2 days [4]
Budapest timewheel 03.jpg Called Timewheel, this hourglass is located in Hungary near Hősök tere [5] and was first revealed in 2004 in commemoration of Hungary's accession to the EU. [6] 1 year
Semi-Transparent.png Built in 1991 [6] and located in the Nima Sand Museum, this hourglass is 5.2 metres high and contains around one ton of sand. [7] 1 year [8]
20151015 coegwangmo SONY DSC-RX10 DSC04334 20151024.JPG Built in 1999 and located on Jeongdongjin Beach it takes one year for the sand to fall to the bottom. [9] 1 year
Semi-Transparent.png A two metre high hourglass, filled with artificial blood, was installed at Downing Street in London as part of a protest demanding British intervention in the Darfur conflict. [10] [11]
Semi-Transparent.png In 2009, a number of large hourglasses were installed in several major cities in Brazil to mark the enacting of an anti-smoking law. [12] [13]
Semi-Transparent.png Filled with ground ivory, this hourglass was on display in Liverpool, UK, from mid 2005 to mid 2006. [14] [15]

Footnotes

  1. Eisenstraße - "Panta Rhei" (JPEG) (Information plaque) (in German). Ybbsitz. 2000.
  2. "Brunnen, Denkmäler und Plastiken in Mainz". Archived from the original on 2013-11-09. Retrieved 2013-03-01.
  3. Knaack, Ulrich; Klein, Tillmann (2010). The Future Envelope 3: Facades - The Making of. Amsterdam: IOS Press. pp. 7–12. ISBN   978-1-60750-671-3.
  4. "World's largest hourglass unveiled in Moscow" . Retrieved 2023-12-09.
  5. Phillips, Adrian; Scotchmer, Jo (May 2010). Hungary (2 ed.). Bradt Travel Guides Ltd. p. 152. ISBN   978-1-84162-285-9.
  6. 1 2 Budapest Sights: A Travel Guide to the Top 30 Attractions in Budapest, Hungary. MobileReference.
  7. Muite, B. K.; M. L. Hunt; G. G. Joseph (September 2004). "The effects of a counter-current interstitial flow on a discharging hourglass" (PDF). Phys. Fluids. 16 (9). American Institute of Physics: 3415–3425. doi:10.1063/1.1781158.
  8. "Nima Sand Museum - Shimane Japan Official Tourist Guide" . Retrieved 2023-12-09.
  9. Hae-Jin Lee, Cecilia (2012). Gangwon-do, South Korea: Frommer's ShortCuts. Frommer's ShortCuts. Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ISBN   9781118470107.
  10. "Day of action for Darfur". Express.co.uk. Daily Express. 2007-04-29. Retrieved 2013-03-06.
  11. "Worldwide rallies call for end to Darfur crisis". CBC News World. CBC. 2007-04-29. Retrieved 2013-03-06.
  12. Rix, Antonio Carlos (2009-08-13). "Big Blow to Brazil's Cigarette Industry". OhmyNews. Retrieved 2013-03-07.
  13. Bialous, Stella Aguinaga; Stella Martins (2009). "Brazil: São Paulo takes the lead". Tob. Control. 18 (5): 341–344. doi:10.1136/tc.2009.033167. PMC   2762497 . PMID   19779061.
  14. "Time is running out for elephants - Hourglass display 22 June 2005 to 25 May 2006". Merseyside Maritime Museum - Exhibitions. National Museums Liverpool. Retrieved 2013-03-07.
  15. Spicer, Graham (2006-07-19). "At-Bristol Science Centre Supports IFAW Ivory Amnesty". Places to Go - South West - Bristol. Culture24. Retrieved 2013-03-07.

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