Engineering Log: The T.H. Epic, Schematics Vol.3

No-no-NO, I’m not accidentally posting the same thing twice, I’m purposely posting the same words 11 times so that all these numbers have some context. This is round 3 of 11 such posts.

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 7,856 to 11,782

16linesS crosses H2:11:11.11
0linesS crosses M2:11:11.11
60linesS crosses H2:12:11.11
1lineS crosses M2:12:12.12
59linesS crosses H2:13:11.11
2linesS crosses M2:13:13.13
58linesS crosses H2:14:11.11
3linesS crosses M2:14:14.14
57linesS crosses H2:15:11.11
4linesS crosses M2:15:15.15
56linesS crosses H2:16:11.11
5linesS crosses M2:16:16.16
55linesS crosses H2:17:11.11
6linesS crosses M2:17:17.17
54linesS crosses H2:18:12.12
7linesS crosses M2:18:18.18
53linesS crosses H2:19:12.12
8linesS crosses M2:19:19.19
52linesS crosses H2:20:12.12
9linesS crosses M2:20:20.20
51linesS crosses H2:21:12.12
10linesS crosses M2:21:21.21
50linesS crosses H2:22:12.12
11linesS crosses M2:22:22.22
50linesS crosses H2:23:12.12
11linesS crosses M2:23:23.23
49linesS crosses H2:24:12.12
12linesS crosses M2:24:24.24
48linesS crosses H2:25:12.12
13linesS crosses M2:25:25.25
47linesS crosses H2:26:12.12
14linesS crosses M2:26:26.26
46linesS crosses H2:27:12.12
15linesS crosses M2:27:27.27
45linesS crosses H2:28:12.12
16linesS crosses M2:28:28.28
44linesS crosses H2:29:12.12
17linesS crosses M2:29:29.29
43linesS crosses H2:30:13.13
18linesS crosses M2:30:31.31
42linesS crosses H2:31:13.13
19linesS crosses M2:31:32.32
41linesS crosses H2:32:13.13
20linesS crosses M2:32:33.33
40linesS crosses H2:33:13.13
21linesS crosses M2:33:34.34
39linesS crosses H2:34:13.13
22linesS crosses M2:34:35.35
38linesS crosses H2:35:13.13
23linesS crosses M2:35:36.36
37linesS crosses H2:36:13.13
24linesS crosses M2:36:37.37
36linesS crosses H2:37:13.13
25linesS crosses M2:37:38.38
36linesS crosses H2:38:13.13
25linesS crosses M2:38:39.39
35linesS crosses H2:39:13.13
26linesS crosses M2:39:40.40
34linesS crosses H2:40:13.13
27linesS crosses M2:40:41.41
33linesS crosses H2:41:13.13
28linesS crosses M2:41:42.42
32linesS crosses H2:42:14.14
29linesS crosses M2:42:43.43
31linesS crosses H2:43:14.14
30linesS crosses M2:43:44.44
30linesS crosses H2:44:14.14
31linesS crosses M2:44:45.45
29linesS crosses H2:45:14.14
32linesS crosses M2:45:46.46
28linesS crosses H2:46:14.14
33linesS crosses M2:46:47.47
27linesS crosses H2:47:14.14
34linesS crosses M2:47:48.48
26linesS crosses H2:48:14.14
35linesS crosses M2:48:49.49
25linesS crosses H2:49:14.14
36linesS crosses M2:49:50.50
24linesS crosses H2:50:14.14
37linesS crosses M2:50:51.51
23linesS crosses H2:51:14.14
38linesS crosses M2:51:52.52
22linesS crosses H2:52:14.14
39linesS crosses M2:52:53.53
22linesS crosses H2:53:14.14
39linesS crosses M2:53:54.54
21linesS crosses H2:54:15.15
40linesS crosses M2:54:55.55
20linesS crosses H2:55:15.15
41linesS crosses M2:55:56.56
19linesS crosses H2:56:15.15
42linesS crosses M2:56:57.57
18linesS crosses H2:57:15.15
43linesS crosses M2:57:58.58
17linesS crosses H2:58:15.15
44linesS crosses M2:58:59.59
16linesS crosses H2:59:15.15
45linesS crosses M3:00:00.00
15linesS crosses H3:00:15.15
46linesS crosses M3:01:01.01
14linesS crosses H3:01:15.15
47linesS crosses M3:02:02.02
13linesS crosses H3:02:15.15
48linesS crosses M3:03:03.03
12linesS crosses H3:03:15.15
49linesS crosses M3:04:04.04
11linesS crosses H3:04:15.15
50linesS crosses M3:05:05.05
10linesS crosses H3:05:15.15
51linesS crosses M3:06:06.06
9linesS crosses H3:06:16.16
52linesS crosses M3:07:07.07
8linesS crosses H3:07:16.16
53linesS crosses M3:08:08.08
8linesS crosses H3:08:16.16
53linesS crosses M3:09:09.09
7linesS crosses H3:09:16.16
54linesS crosses M3:10:10.10
6linesS crosses H3:10:16.16
55linesS crosses M3:11:11.11
5linesS crosses H3:11:16.16
56linesS crosses M3:12:12.12
4linesS crosses H3:12:16.16
57linesS crosses M3:13:13.13
3linesS crosses H3:13:16.16
58linesS crosses M3:14:14.14
2linesS crosses H3:14:16.16
59linesS crosses M3:15:15.15
1lineS crosses H3:15:16.16
60linesS crosses M3:16:16.16
0linesS crosses H3:16:16.16
5linesS crosses M3:16:22.22

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