Engineering Log: The T.H. Epic, Schematics Vol.1

In the off-chance that you are interested in writing a line of verse for every second in a 12-hour period with the end lines of each stanza/poem being determined by the various crossings of the three clock hands, here’s all of those calculations made for you from when the crossings happen to how many lines of verse that makes.

Please note

1 Calculations were quadruple-checked using a spreadsheet and estimations of when/how to round down or up were made by said spreadsheet.

2 Sometimes the second-hand crosses both the minute- and hour-hands within the same fraction of a second, but not at the same exact time. All three hands only align at midnight/noon/12 when the epic ends.

3 The second-hand crossing the hour-hand happens 719 times every 12 hours and is marked “S crosses H.” The second-hand crossing the minute-hand happens 59 times every hour and is marked “S crosses M.” The minute-hand crossing the hour-hand happens 11 times every 12 hours and is marked “M crosses H.”

4 I did originally post these calculations as numbered lists, went back and copy/pasted the relevant section of the spreadsheet to avoid any typos from throwing off your ability to write your own timed horological epic.

5 The list of times below is only for One -Eleventh of the crossings, listing of all the crossings is happening over 11 posts with each ending with one of the 11 times that the minute-hand crosses the hour-hand.

Seconds 1 to 3,927

60linesS crosses H0:01:00.00
1lineS crosses M0:01:01.01
59linesS crosses H0:02:00.00
2linesS crosses M0:02:02.02
58linesS crosses H0:03:00.00
3linesS crosses M0:03:03.03
57linesS crosses H0:04:00.00
4linesS crosses M0:04:04.04
56linesS crosses H0:05:00.00
5linesS crosses M0:05:05.05
55linesS crosses H0:06:01.01
6linesS crosses M0:06:06.06
54linesS crosses H0:07:01.01
7linesS crosses M0:07:07.07
54linesS crosses H0:08:01.01
7linesS crosses M0:08:08.08
53linesS crosses H0:09:01.01
8linesS crosses M0:09:09.09
52linesS crosses H0:10:01.01
9linesS crosses M0:10:10.10
51linesS crosses H0:11:01.01
10linesS crosses M0:11:11.11
50linesS crosses H0:12:01.01
11linesS crosses M0:12:12.12
49linesS crosses H0:13:01.01
12linesS crosses M0:13:13.13
48linesS crosses H0:14:01.01
13linesS crosses M0:14:14.14
47linesS crosses H0:15:01.01
14linesS crosses M0:15:15.15
46linesS crosses H0:16:01.01
15linesS crosses M0:16:16.16
45linesS crosses H0:17:01.01
16linesS crosses M0:17:17.17
44linesS crosses H0:18:02.02
17linesS crosses M0:18:18.18
43linesS crosses H0:19:02.02
18linesS crosses M0:19:19.19
42linesS crosses H0:20:02.02
19linesS crosses M0:20:20.20
41linesS crosses H0:21:02.02
20linesS crosses M0:21:21.21
40linesS crosses H0:22:02.02
21linesS crosses M0:22:22.22
40linesS crosses H0:23:02.02
21linesS crosses M0:23:23.23
39linesS crosses H0:24:02.02
22linesS crosses M0:24:24.24
38linesS crosses H0:25:02.02
23linesS crosses M0:25:25.25
37linesS crosses H0:26:02.02
24linesS crosses M0:26:26.26
36linesS crosses H0:27:02.02
25linesS crosses M0:27:27.27
35linesS crosses H0:28:02.02
26linesS crosses M0:28:28.28
34linesS crosses H0:29:02.02
27linesS crosses M0:29:29.29
33linesS crosses H0:30:03.03
28linesS crosses M0:30:31.31
32linesS crosses H0:31:03.03
29linesS crosses M0:31:32.32
31linesS crosses H0:32:03.03
30linesS crosses M0:32:33.33
30linesS crosses H0:33:03.03
31linesS crosses M0:33:34.34
29linesS crosses H0:34:03.03
32linesS crosses M0:34:35.35
28linesS crosses H0:35:03.03
33linesS crosses M0:35:36.36
27linesS crosses H0:36:03.03
34linesS crosses M0:36:37.37
26linesS crosses H0:37:03.03
35linesS crosses M0:37:38.38
26linesS crosses H0:38:03.03
35linesS crosses M0:38:39.39
25linesS crosses H0:39:03.03
36linesS crosses M0:39:40.40
24linesS crosses H0:40:03.03
37linesS crosses M0:40:41.41
23linesS crosses H0:41:03.03
38linesS crosses M0:41:42.42
22linesS crosses H0:42:04.04
39linesS crosses M0:42:43.43
21linesS crosses H0:43:04.04
40linesS crosses M0:43:44.44
20linesS crosses H0:44:04.04
41linesS crosses M0:44:45.45
19linesS crosses H0:45:04.04
42linesS crosses M0:45:46.46
18linesS crosses H0:46:04.04
43linesS crosses M0:46:47.47
17linesS crosses H0:47:04.04
44linesS crosses M0:47:48.48
16linesS crosses H0:48:04.04
45linesS crosses M0:48:49.49
15linesS crosses H0:49:04.04
46linesS crosses M0:49:50.50
14linesS crosses H0:50:04.04
47linesS crosses M0:50:51.51
13linesS crosses H0:51:04.04
48linesS crosses M0:51:52.52
12linesS crosses H0:52:04.04
49linesS crosses M0:52:53.53
12linesS crosses H0:53:04.04
49linesS crosses M0:53:54.54
11linesS crosses H0:54:05.05
50linesS crosses M0:54:55.55
10linesS crosses H0:55:05.05
51linesS crosses M0:55:56.56
9linesS crosses H0:56:05.05
52linesS crosses M0:56:57.57
8linesS crosses H0:57:05.05
53linesS crosses M0:57:58.58
7linesS crosses H0:58:05.05
54linesS crosses M0:58:59.59
6linesS crosses H0:59:05.05
55linesS crosses M1:00:00.00
5linesS crosses H1:00:05.05
56linesS crosses M1:01:01.01
4linesS crosses H1:01:05.05
57linesS crosses M1:02:02.02
3linesS crosses H1:02:05.05
58linesS crosses M1:03:03.03
2linesS crosses H1:03:05.05
59linesS crosses M1:04:04.04
1lineS crosses H1:04:05.05
60linesS crosses M1:05:05.05
0linesS crosses H1:05:05.05
22linesM crosses H1:05:27.27

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