: 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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the make the glass put some sand and text it, if it took too long they remove sand or add sand if it took too little.

but if you industrialize the process and can mass produce that parts reliably enough you only need to test the first one and then you know how much sand to put in all of them

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