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Engineering Log: The T.H. Epic, Schematics Vol.7

Still not accidentally posting the same thing over and over here, I’m still purposely posting the same words 11 times so that all these numbers have some context. This is round 7 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 23,565 to 27,491

49linesS crosses H6:33:33.33
1lineS crosses M6:33:34.34
59linesS crosses H6:34:33.33
2linesS crosses M6:34:35.35
58linesS crosses H6:35:33.33
3linesS crosses M6:35:36.36
57linesS crosses H6:36:33.33
4linesS crosses M6:36:37.37
57linesS crosses H6:37:33.33
4linesS crosses M6:37:38.38
56linesS crosses H6:38:33.33
5linesS crosses M6:38:39.39
55linesS crosses H6:39:33.33
6linesS crosses M6:39:40.40
54linesS crosses H6:40:33.33
7linesS crosses M6:40:41.41
53linesS crosses H6:41:33.33
8linesS crosses M6:41:42.42
52linesS crosses H6:42:34.34
9linesS crosses M6:42:43.43
51linesS crosses H6:43:34.34
10linesS crosses M6:43:44.44
50linesS crosses H6:44:34.34
11linesS crosses M6:44:45.45
49linesS crosses H6:45:34.34
12linesS crosses M6:45:46.46
48linesS crosses H6:46:34.34
13linesS crosses M6:46:47.47
47linesS crosses H6:47:34.34
14linesS crosses M6:47:48.48
46linesS crosses H6:48:34.34
15linesS crosses M6:48:49.49
45linesS crosses H6:49:34.34
16linesS crosses M6:49:50.50
44linesS crosses H6:50:34.34
17linesS crosses M6:50:51.51
43linesS crosses H6:51:34.34
18linesS crosses M6:51:52.52
43linesS crosses H6:52:34.34
19linesS crosses M6:52:53.53
42linesS crosses H6:53:34.34
19linesS crosses M6:53:54.54
41linesS crosses H6:54:35.35
20linesS crosses M6:54:55.55
40linesS crosses H6:55:35.35
21linesS crosses M6:55:56.56
39linesS crosses H6:56:35.35
22linesS crosses M6:56:57.57
38linesS crosses H6:57:35.35
23linesS crosses M6:57:58.58
37linesS crosses H6:58:35.35
24linesS crosses M6:58:59.59
36linesS crosses H6:59:35.35
25linesS crosses M7:00:00.00
35linesS crosses H7:00:35.35
26linesS crosses M7:01:01.01
34linesS crosses H7:01:35.35
27linesS crosses M7:02:02.02
33linesS crosses H7:02:35.35
28linesS crosses M7:03:03.03
32linesS crosses H7:03:35.35
29linesS crosses M7:04:04.04
31linesS crosses H7:04:35.35
30linesS crosses M7:05:05.05
30linesS crosses H7:05:35.35
31linesS crosses M7:06:06.06
29linesS crosses H7:06:36.36
32linesS crosses M7:07:07.07
29linesS crosses H7:07:36.36
33linesS crosses M7:08:08.08
28linesS crosses H7:08:36.36
33linesS crosses M7:09:09.09
27linesS crosses H7:09:36.36
34linesS crosses M7:10:10.10
26linesS crosses H7:10:36.36
35linesS crosses M7:11:11.11
25linesS crosses H7:11:36.36
36linesS crosses M7:12:12.12
24linesS crosses H7:12:36.36
37linesS crosses M7:13:13.13
23linesS crosses H7:13:36.36
38linesS crosses M7:14:14.14
22linesS crosses H7:14:36.36
39linesS crosses M7:15:15.15
21linesS crosses H7:15:36.36
40linesS crosses M7:16:16.16
20linesS crosses H7:16:36.36
41linesS crosses M7:17:17.17
19linesS crosses H7:17:36.36
42linesS crosses M7:18:18.18
18linesS crosses H7:18:37.37
43linesS crosses M7:19:19.19
17linesS crosses H7:19:37.37
44linesS crosses M7:20:20.20
16linesS crosses H7:20:37.37
45linesS crosses M7:21:21.21
15linesS crosses H7:21:37.37
46linesS crosses M7:22:22.22
15linesS crosses H7:22:37.37
47linesS crosses M7:23:23.23
14linesS crosses H7:23:37.37
47linesS crosses M7:24:24.24
13linesS crosses H7:24:37.37
48linesS crosses M7:25:25.25
12linesS crosses H7:25:37.37
49linesS crosses M7:26:26.26
11linesS crosses H7:26:37.37
50linesS crosses M7:27:27.27
10linesS crosses H7:27:37.37
51linesS crosses M7:28:28.28
9linesS crosses H7:28:37.37
52linesS crosses M7:29:29.29
8linesS crosses H7:29:37.37
53linesS crosses M7:30:31.31
7linesS crosses H7:30:38.38
54linesS crosses M7:31:32.32
6linesS crosses H7:31:38.38
55linesS crosses M7:32:33.33
5linesS crosses H7:32:38.38
56linesS crosses M7:33:34.34
4linesS crosses H7:33:38.38
57linesS crosses M7:34:35.35
3linesS crosses H7:34:38.38
58linesS crosses M7:35:36.36
2linesS crosses H7:35:38.38
59linesS crosses M7:36:37.37
1lineS crosses H7:36:38.38
60linesS crosses M7:37:38.38
1lineS crosses H7:37:38.38
33linesM crosses H7:38:11.11