Hourglass
An instrument for measuring time, especially the interval of an hour. It consists of a glass vessel having two compartments, from the uppermost of which a quantity of sand, water, or mercury occupies an hour in running through a small aperture unto the lower.
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Hourglass Quotations
The more sand has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.
Niccolo Machiavelli
Love is like an hourglass, with the heart filling up as the brain empties.
Jules Renard
The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.
Jean Paul
Hourglass Translations
Hourglass in German is Sanduhr, Stundenglas
hourglass in Spanish is reloj de arena
hourglass in Swedish is timglas
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