Engineering Log: The T.H. Epic, Schematics Vol.8

Purposely/not accidentally copy/pasting most of the same words 11 times so that all these numbers have some context. This is round 8 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 27,492 to 31,418

27linesS crosses H7:38:38.38
0linesS crosses M7:38:39.39
60linesS crosses H7:39:38.38
1lineS crosses M7:39:40.40
59linesS crosses H7:40:38.38
2linesS crosses M7:40:41.41
58linesS crosses H7:41:38.38
3linesS crosses M7:41:42.42
57linesS crosses H7:42:39.39
4linesS crosses M7:42:43.43
56linesS crosses H7:43:39.39
5linesS crosses M7:43:44.44
55linesS crosses H7:44:39.39
6linesS crosses M7:44:45.45
54linesS crosses H7:45:39.39
7linesS crosses M7:45:46.46
53linesS crosses H7:46:39.39
8linesS crosses M7:46:47.47
52linesS crosses H7:47:39.39
9linesS crosses M7:47:48.48
51linesS crosses H7:48:39.39
10linesS crosses M7:48:49.49
50linesS crosses H7:49:39.39
11linesS crosses M7:49:50.50
49linesS crosses H7:50:39.39
12linesS crosses M7:50:51.51
48linesS crosses H7:51:39.39
13linesS crosses M7:51:52.52
48linesS crosses H7:52:39.39
13linesS crosses M7:52:53.53
47linesS crosses H7:53:39.39
14linesS crosses M7:53:54.54
46linesS crosses H7:54:40.40
15linesS crosses M7:54:55.55
45linesS crosses H7:55:40.40
16linesS crosses M7:55:56.56
44linesS crosses H7:56:40.40
17linesS crosses M7:56:57.57
43linesS crosses H7:57:40.40
18linesS crosses M7:57:58.58
42linesS crosses H7:58:40.40
19linesS crosses M7:58:59.59
41linesS crosses H7:59:40.40
20linesS crosses M8:00:00.00
40linesS crosses H8:00:40.40
21linesS crosses M8:01:01.01
39linesS crosses H8:01:40.40
22linesS crosses M8:02:02.02
38linesS crosses H8:02:40.40
23linesS crosses M8:03:03.03
37linesS crosses H8:03:40.40
24linesS crosses M8:04:04.04
36linesS crosses H8:04:40.40
25linesS crosses M8:05:05.05
35linesS crosses H8:05:40.40
26linesS crosses M8:06:06.06
34linesS crosses H8:06:41.41
27linesS crosses M8:07:07.07
34linesS crosses H8:07:41.41
27linesS crosses M8:08:08.08
33linesS crosses H8:08:41.41
28linesS crosses M8:09:09.09
32linesS crosses H8:09:41.41
29linesS crosses M8:10:10.10
31linesS crosses H8:10:41.41
30linesS crosses M8:11:11.11
30linesS crosses H8:11:41.41
31linesS crosses M8:12:12.12
29linesS crosses H8:12:41.41
32linesS crosses M8:13:13.13
28linesS crosses H8:13:41.41
33linesS crosses M8:14:14.14
27linesS crosses H8:14:41.41
34linesS crosses M8:15:15.15
26linesS crosses H8:15:41.41
35linesS crosses M8:16:16.16
25linesS crosses H8:16:41.41
36linesS crosses M8:17:17.17
24linesS crosses H8:17:41.41
37linesS crosses M8:18:18.18
23linesS crosses H8:18:42.42
38linesS crosses M8:19:19.19
22linesS crosses H8:19:42.42
39linesS crosses M8:20:20.20
21linesS crosses H8:20:42.42
40linesS crosses M8:21:21.21
20linesS crosses H8:21:42.42
41linesS crosses M8:22:22.22
20linesS crosses H8:22:42.42
41linesS crosses M8:23:23.23
19linesS crosses H8:23:42.42
42linesS crosses M8:24:24.24
18linesS crosses H8:24:42.42
43linesS crosses M8:25:25.25
17linesS crosses H8:25:42.42
44linesS crosses M8:26:26.26
16linesS crosses H8:26:42.42
45linesS crosses M8:27:27.27
15linesS crosses H8:27:42.42
46linesS crosses M8:28:28.28
14linesS crosses H8:28:42.42
47linesS crosses M8:29:29.29
13linesS crosses H8:29:42.42
48linesS crosses M8:30:31.31
12linesS crosses H8:30:43.43
49linesS crosses M8:31:32.32
11linesS crosses H8:31:43.43
50linesS crosses M8:32:33.33
10linesS crosses H8:32:43.43
51linesS crosses M8:33:34.34
9linesS crosses H8:33:43.43
52linesS crosses M8:34:35.35
8linesS crosses H8:34:43.43
53linesS crosses M8:35:36.36
7linesS crosses H8:35:43.43
54linesS crosses M8:36:37.37
6linesS crosses H8:36:43.43
55linesS crosses M8:37:38.38
6linesS crosses H8:37:43.43
56linesS crosses M8:38:39.39
5linesS crosses H8:38:43.43
56linesS crosses M8:39:40.40
4linesS crosses H8:39:43.43
57linesS crosses M8:40:41.41
3linesS crosses H8:40:43.43
58linesS crosses M8:41:42.42
2linesS crosses H8:41:43.43
59linesS crosses M8:42:43.43
1lineS crosses H8:42:44.44
55linesM crosses H8:43:38.38

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