: how do you measure time with sand ?

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How do people who make hourglasses know how much sand to put in for the amount of time they want ?

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They make reasonably consistent hourglasses. They’re not precise, because that’d cost way too much, just close enough. They put too much sand in. An hour later they have an hour’s worth of sand in the bottom. They dump the remaining sand out of the top, seal it up and ship it.

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