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Definition of Sandglasses
1. sandglass [n] - See also: sandglass
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sandglasses
Literary usage of Sandglasses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cambrian (1900)
"sandglasses. Strange to say the sandglass is still used to measure varying ...
sandglasses, says the New York "Sun." are also used for scientific purposes ..."
2. Gallus: Or, Roman Scenes of the Time of Augustus. With Notes and Excursuses by Wilhelm Adolf Becker (1903)
"They were similar to our sandglasses, since the water contained in a vessel was
allowed gradually to escape. ..."
3. Time Telling Through the Ages by Harry Chase Brearley (1919)
"For rough purposes of keeping time on board ship, sandglasses were employed and
it is curious to note that hour and ..."
4. Manual of Botany for North America: Containing Generic and Specific by Amos Eaton (1836)
"You would first merely examine just diagnostic characteristics enough to distinguish
clocks, watches, dials, sandglasses. &c. ..."
5. Traditions of Edinburgh by Robert Chambers (1825)
"It is twice as large as the common kitchen sandglasses of modern times, and
resembles in shape the uncouth chronometers which are so prevalent upon old ..."
6. The European Journals of William Maclure by William Maclure, John S. Doskey (1988)
"... and at the side of the pulpit at Linthal three sandglasses were placed as a
memento. . . . The marriages are few, yet they complain that they marry too ..."
7. Mechanics Magazine (1827)
"And although many mariners find by experience that this length of the knot is
too short, yet rather thau quit the old way, they use sandglasses for half ..."
8. The Ships and Sailors of Old Salem: The Record of a Brilliant Era of by Ralph Delahaye Paine (1912)
"Here are the ancient quadrants, " half-circles," and hand log lines, timed with
sandglasses, with which our forefathers found their way around the world. ..."
9. The Cambrian (1900)
"sandglasses. Strange to say the sandglass is still used to measure varying ...
sandglasses, says the New York "Sun." are also used for scientific purposes ..."
10. Gallus: Or, Roman Scenes of the Time of Augustus. With Notes and Excursuses by Wilhelm Adolf Becker (1903)
"They were similar to our sandglasses, since the water contained in a vessel was
allowed gradually to escape. ..."
11. Time Telling Through the Ages by Harry Chase Brearley (1919)
"For rough purposes of keeping time on board ship, sandglasses were employed and
it is curious to note that hour and ..."
12. Manual of Botany for North America: Containing Generic and Specific by Amos Eaton (1836)
"You would first merely examine just diagnostic characteristics enough to distinguish
clocks, watches, dials, sandglasses. &c. ..."
13. Traditions of Edinburgh by Robert Chambers (1825)
"It is twice as large as the common kitchen sandglasses of modern times, and
resembles in shape the uncouth chronometers which are so prevalent upon old ..."
14. The European Journals of William Maclure by William Maclure, John S. Doskey (1988)
"... and at the side of the pulpit at Linthal three sandglasses were placed as a
memento. . . . The marriages are few, yet they complain that they marry too ..."
15. Mechanics Magazine (1827)
"And although many mariners find by experience that this length of the knot is
too short, yet rather thau quit the old way, they use sandglasses for half ..."
16. The Ships and Sailors of Old Salem: The Record of a Brilliant Era of by Ralph Delahaye Paine (1912)
"Here are the ancient quadrants, " half-circles," and hand log lines, timed with
sandglasses, with which our forefathers found their way around the world. ..."
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