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    A marine sandglass is a timepiece of simple design that is a relative of the common hourglass, a marine (nautical) instrument known since the 14th century...
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    An hourglass (or sandglass, sand timer, or sand clock) is a device used to measure the passage of time. It comprises two glass bulbs connected vertically...
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  • Look up sandglass in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A sandglass is a device for measuring time, including: Hourglass Marine sandglass Egg timer It can...
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  • with the name Glassing, a physical attack using a glass as a weapon Marine sandglass, a device for measuring time at sea in the 18-19th centuries, with...
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  • the sea (e.g. marine biology, marine insurance, marine salvage). 4.  A painting representing a subject related to the sea. marine sandglass (or glass) An...
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    Próspero de Bofarull y Mascaró Memorias históricas (Capmany) Tartane Marine sandglass Einhardi Annales: In usum scholarum, ex Monumentis Germaniae historicis...
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    A marine sandglass. It is related to the hourglass, nowadays often used symbolically to represent the concept of time....
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    Geographical distance Isoazimuthal Loxodromic navigation Map Portolan map Marine sandglass Rhumb line Spherical trigonometry Windrose network In the article on...
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  • glass 1.  A marine barometer. Older barometers used mercury-filled glass tubes to measure and indicate barometric pressure. 2.  A marine sandglass. Global...
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    Portolan map Marine sandglass Compass rose Isoazimuthal Adam Weintrit; Tomasz Neumann (7 June 2011). Methods and Algorithms in Navigation: Marine Navigation...
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