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Engineering Log: The T.H. Epic, Schematics Vol.5

And I’m still not accidentally posting the same thing over and over, I’m purposely posting the same words 11 times so that all these numbers have some context. This is round 5 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 15,710 to 19,636

33linesS crosses H4:22:22.22
1lineS crosses M4:22:22.22
60linesS crosses H4:23:22.22
1lineS crosses M4:23:23.23
59linesS crosses H4:24:22.22
2linesS crosses M4:24:24.24
58linesS crosses H4:25:22.22
3linesS crosses M4:25:25.25
57linesS crosses H4:26:22.22
4linesS crosses M4:26:26.26
56linesS crosses H4:27:22.22
5linesS crosses M4:27:27.27
55linesS crosses H4:28:22.22
6linesS crosses M4:28:28.28
54linesS crosses H4:29:22.22
7linesS crosses M4:29:29.29
53linesS crosses H4:30:23.23
8linesS crosses M4:30:31.31
52linesS crosses H4:31:23.23
9linesS crosses M4:31:32.32
51linesS crosses H4:32:23.23
10linesS crosses M4:32:33.33
50linesS crosses H4:33:23.23
11linesS crosses M4:33:34.34
49linesS crosses H4:34:23.23
12linesS crosses M4:34:35.35
48linesS crosses H4:35:23.23
13linesS crosses M4:35:36.36
47linesS crosses H4:36:23.23
14linesS crosses M4:36:37.37
47linesS crosses H4:37:23.23
15linesS crosses M4:37:38.38
46linesS crosses H4:38:23.23
15linesS crosses M4:38:39.39
45linesS crosses H4:39:23.23
16linesS crosses M4:39:40.40
44linesS crosses H4:40:23.23
17linesS crosses M4:40:41.41
43linesS crosses H4:41:23.23
18linesS crosses M4:41:42.42
42linesS crosses H4:42:24.24
19linesS crosses M4:42:43.43
41linesS crosses H4:43:24.24
20linesS crosses M4:43:44.44
40linesS crosses H4:44:24.24
21linesS crosses M4:44:45.45
39linesS crosses H4:45:24.24
22linesS crosses M4:45:46.46
38linesS crosses H4:46:24.24
23linesS crosses M4:46:47.47
37linesS crosses H4:47:24.24
24linesS crosses M4:47:48.48
36linesS crosses H4:48:24.24
25linesS crosses M4:48:49.49
35linesS crosses H4:49:24.24
26linesS crosses M4:49:50.50
34linesS crosses H4:50:24.24
27linesS crosses M4:50:51.51
33linesS crosses H4:51:24.24
28linesS crosses M4:51:52.52
33linesS crosses H4:52:24.24
29linesS crosses M4:52:53.53
32linesS crosses H4:53:24.24
29linesS crosses M4:53:54.54
31linesS crosses H4:54:25.25
30linesS crosses M4:54:55.55
30linesS crosses H4:55:25.25
31linesS crosses M4:55:56.56
29linesS crosses H4:56:25.25
32linesS crosses M4:56:57.57
28linesS crosses H4:57:25.25
33linesS crosses M4:57:58.58
27linesS crosses H4:58:25.25
34linesS crosses M4:58:59.59
26linesS crosses H4:59:25.25
35linesS crosses M5:00:00.00
25linesS crosses H5:00:25.25
36linesS crosses M5:01:01.01
24linesS crosses H5:01:25.25
37linesS crosses M5:02:02.02
23linesS crosses H5:02:25.25
38linesS crosses M5:03:03.03
22linesS crosses H5:03:25.25
39linesS crosses M5:04:04.04
21linesS crosses H5:04:25.25
40linesS crosses M5:05:05.05
20linesS crosses H5:05:25.25
41linesS crosses M5:06:06.06
19linesS crosses H5:06:26.26
42linesS crosses M5:07:07.07
19linesS crosses H5:07:26.26
43linesS crosses M5:08:08.08
18linesS crosses H5:08:26.26
43linesS crosses M5:09:09.09
17linesS crosses H5:09:26.26
44linesS crosses M5:10:10.10
16linesS crosses H5:10:26.26
45linesS crosses M5:11:11.11
15linesS crosses H5:11:26.26
46linesS crosses M5:12:12.12
14linesS crosses H5:12:26.26
47linesS crosses M5:13:13.13
13linesS crosses H5:13:26.26
48linesS crosses M5:14:14.14
12linesS crosses H5:14:26.26
49linesS crosses M5:15:15.15
11linesS crosses H5:15:26.26
50linesS crosses M5:16:16.16
10linesS crosses H5:16:26.26
51linesS crosses M5:17:17.17
9linesS crosses H5:17:26.26
52linesS crosses M5:18:18.18
8linesS crosses H5:18:27.27
53linesS crosses M5:19:19.19
7linesS crosses H5:19:27.27
54linesS crosses M5:20:20.20
6linesS crosses H5:20:27.27
55linesS crosses M5:21:21.21
5linesS crosses H5:21:27.27
56linesS crosses M5:22:22.22
4linesS crosses H5:22:27.27
57linesS crosses M5:23:23.23
4linesS crosses H5:23:27.27
57linesS crosses M5:24:24.24
3linesS crosses H5:24:27.27
58linesS crosses M5:25:25.25
2linesS crosses H5:25:27.27
59linesS crosses M5:26:26.26
1lineS crosses H5:26:27.27
49linesM crosses H5:27:16.16