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Timewheel
The Timewheel ( hu, Időkerék) is a large hourglass, situated in Budapest next to City Park, right of Heroes' Square and behind the Palace of Art (''Műcsarnok''), on the site of a former statue of Lenin that now stands in Memento Park. It is made of granite, steel, and glass, and weighs 60 tons. The sand, which consists of glass granules, flows from the upper to the lower glass chamber over the course of one year. The sand runs out on New Year's Eve In the Gregorian calendar, New Year's Eve, also known as Old Year's Day or Saint Sylvester's Day in many countries, is the evening or the entire day of the last day of the year, on 31 December. The last day of the year is commonly referred to ... and the Timewheel is then turned 180 degrees so the flow of the sand can resume for the next year. The turning is accomplished by four people pulling cables, and takes roughly 45 minutes to complete. The Timewheel was unveiled on 1 May 2004 to commemorate the historic enlargemen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Statues Of Vladimir Lenin
This article is a list of current and former known monuments of Vladimir Lenin. Many of the monuments in former Soviet republics and satellites were removed after the fall of the Soviet Union, while some of these countries retained the thousands of Lenin monuments that were erected during the Soviet period as part of Lenin's cult of personality. Important regions and capital cities of countries are highlighted in bold. Africa Americas Antarctica Asia Europe Belarus * Babruysk * Baranovichi * Barysaw * Belaazyorsk * Brest * Bykhaw * Chachersk * Davyd-Haradok * Drahichyn * Dzyarzhynsk * Gomel * Grodno * Klimavichy * Kobryn * Lahoysk * Lida * Maladzyechna * Malaryta * Mazyr * Minsk * Mogilev * Navahrudak * Novolukoml * Orsha * Pastavy * Pinsk * Polotsk * Sapotskin * Salihorsk * Slonim * Smalyavichy * Smarhon' * Syanno * Talachyn * Vasilievichy * Verkhnyadzvinsk * Vitebsk * Zhlobin * Zhabinka Bulgaria *Shumen *Novgrad *Banya *Pet Mogili * Sofia – in Lenin S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hourglass
An hourglass (or sandglass, sand timer, sand clock or egg timer) is a device used to measure the passage of time. It comprises two glass bulbs connected vertically by a narrow neck that allows a regulated flow of a substance (historically sand) from the upper bulb to the lower one. Typically, the upper and lower bulbs are symmetric so that the hourglass will measure the same duration regardless of orientation. The specific duration of time a given hourglass measures is determined by factors including the quantity and coarseness of the particulate matter, the bulb size, and the neck width. Depictions of an hourglass as a symbol of the passage of time are found in art, especially on tombstones or other monuments, from antiquity to the present day. The form of a winged hourglass has been used as a literal depiction of the well-known idiom "time flies". History Antiquity The origin of the hourglass is unclear. Its predecessor the clepsydra, or water clock, is known to have exi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
