List of largest hourglasses
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This article lists the largest hourglasses that have been built.
Tables
| Image | Info | Duration |
| | Constructed in 2000 by a group of smiths, this hourglass is located in Ybbsitz, Austria, and is called Panta Rhei. | |
| | Built in 1984 and located in Mainz, Germany, this hourglass was donated by Schott glass works. | 1 hour |
| | The BMW Hourglass, a 12-metre sculpture, was unveiled in 2008 in Red Square in Moscow, Russia as a promotion for a BMW car model; 180,000 silver balls drained from the upper bulb to reveal the car. | 2 days |
| | Called Timewheel, this hourglass is located near Hősök tere in Budapest, Hungary and was unveiled in 2004 in commemoration of Hungary's accession to the EU. | 1 year |
| | Built in 1991 and located in the Nima Sand Museum in Ōda, Japan, this hourglass is the largest in the world; it is 5.2 metres high and contains around one ton of sand. | 1 year |
| | Built in 1999 and located near the beach in Jeongdongjin, South Korea; it takes one year for the sand to fall to the bottom. | 1 year |
| | A two-metre high hourglass, filled with artificial blood, was installed in 2007 at Downing Street in London, UK as part of a protest demanding British intervention in the Darfur conflict. | |
| | In 2009, the government of Brazil installed a number of large hourglasses in major cities to mark the enacting of an anti-smoking law. | |
| | Filled with ground ivory, this hourglass was on display in 2005–06 at the Merseyside Maritime Museum in Liverpool and the At-Bristol Science Centre in Bristol, UK, to highlight the at-risk status of elephants. |
References
- Eisenstraße - 'Panta Rhei'https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hourglass_Panta_Rhei,_Ybbsitz_-_Info.jpg
- MeinBezirkhttps://www.meinbezirk.at/amstetten/c-lokales/uhriges-werk-fuer-das-man-sich-zeit-nehmen-sollte_a4652582
- "Brunnen, Denkmäler und Plastiken in Mainz"https://web.archive.org/web/20131109003318/http://www.staff.uni-mainz.de/mblumers/lg/o-e/deu/Doks/Brunnen.htm
- "BMW Hourglass"https://www.kerstengroup.com/en/projects/bmw-hourglass
- The Future Envelope 3: Facades - The Making ofhttps://books.google.com/books?id=XFIH7Sv_L0cC&dq=bmw+hourglass&pg=PA8
- "World's largest hourglass unveiled in Moscow"https://www.press.bmwgroup.com/middle-east/article/detail/T0048759EN/world-s-largest-hourglass-unveiled-in-moscow?language=en
- Hungaryhttps://books.google.com/books?id=81kPyXxxqLwC&pg=PA152
- Rick Steves Budapesthttps://books.google.com/books?id=F6GyCAAAQBAJ&pg=PA179
- New Glass Reviewhttps://books.google.com/books?newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&id=baXsAAAAMAAJ&dq=Nima+Sand+Museum+hourglass+1991&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=Nima
- Phys. Fluidshttp://authors.library.caltech.edu/1793/1/MUIpof04.pdf
- "Nima Sand Museum - Shimane Japan Official Tourist Guide"https://www.kankou-shimane.com/en/destinations/9308
- Destinationshttps://www.frommers.com/destinations/gangneung/attractions/morae-shigae-hourglass-park/
- Daily Expresshttp://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/5677/Day-of-action-for-Darfur
- CBC News Worldhttps://www.cbc.ca/news/world/worldwide-rallies-call-for-end-to-darfur-crisis-1.692419?ref=rss
- "Big Blow to Brazil's Cigarette Industry"https://web.archive.org/web/20101206165349/http://english.ohmynews.com/articleview/article_view.asp?menu=c10400&no=385520&rel_no=1
- Tob. Controlhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2762497
- Merseyside Maritime Museum - Exhibitionshttps://web.archive.org/web/20051120043608/http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/maritime/exhibitions/ivoryhourglass/
- Places to Go - South West - Bristolhttps://web.archive.org/web/20160310214137/http://www.culture24.org.uk/places-to-go/south-west/bristol/art38669