Hourglass (disambiguation)
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An hourglass
Hourglass
An hourglass measures the passage of a few minutes or an hour of time. It has two connected vertical glass bulbs allowing a regulated trickle of material from the top to the bottom. Once the top bulb is empty, it can be inverted to begin timing again. The name hourglass comes from historically...

is a device for measuring time.

hourglass or hour glass may also refer to:
  • marine hourglass


Bands

  • Hour Glass (band)
    Hour Glass (band)
    The Hour Glass were a 1960s rhythm and blues band based in Los Angeles, California between 1967 and 1968. Among their members were two future members of the Allman Brothers Band and three future studio musicians at the world-renowned Fame Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama .-History:Formed from the...

    , a 1960s rock band, featuring two later members of the Allman Brothers Band, Duane and Gregg Allman
  • Hourglass (progressive metal band)
    Hourglass (Progressive Metal band)
    Hourglass is an American Progressive Power Metal band. They are signed onto Nightmare Records.-History:Hourglass was formed by Brick Williams and John Shumway . The quickly recruited Eric Robertson to play keyboards, Zack Starr to play drums, and Jonny Berrett to play bass...

    , founded in 1999 by guitarist Brick Williams

Albums

  • Hourglass (America album)
    Hourglass (America album)
    Hourglass is the thirteenth original studio album by American folk rock duo America, released by American Gramaphone in 1994 . This was America's first new studio album since 1984's "Perspective". Two singles were released from the album, "Young Moon" and "Hope" but neither charted in the US,...

    , a 1994 release by America
  • Hour Glass (Hour Glass album), a 1967 debut album
  • Hourglass (Kate Rusby album)
    Hourglass (Kate Rusby album)
    Hourglass is the debut studio album by English contermporary folk musician Kate Rusby, released on March 1, 1997, on Pure Records.-Track listing:#"Sir Eglamore" #"As I Roved Out" #"Jolly Ploughboys" #"Annan Waters"...

    , a 1997 release by Kate Rusby
  • Hourglass (James Taylor album), a 1997 release by James Taylor
  • Hourglass, a 2002 album by Athenaeum
    Athenaeum (band)
    Athenaeum was an alternative pop rock four-piece band from Greensboro, North Carolina, USA formed in 1990 at an eighth grade dance by Nic Brown and Mark Kano.- Overview :...

  • Hourglass, a 2003 album by Glass Harp
  • Hourglass (Fayray album)
    Hourglass (Fayray album)
    - Charts and sales :...

    , a 2004 release by Fayray
  • The Hourglass, a 2007 remix EP by Leæther Strip packaged with the box set of their album The Giant Minutes to the Dawn
    The Giant Minutes to the Dawn
    The Giant Minutes to the Dawn is an album by Leaether Strip.Some editions of the album included the bonus EP The Hourglass.-Track listing:# "Will the Sun Return?" # "Dirty Little Secret"# "Sedated Nation"# "Commotion"# "The Trouble"# "Go Ahead"...

  • Hourglass (Dave Gahan album)
    Hourglass (Dave Gahan album)
    Hourglass is the second solo album by Depeche Mode's singer Dave Gahan. It was released by Mute Records on October 22, 2007 in Europe, and received generally favorable reviews...

    , a 2007 release by David Gahan
  • Hourglass: Remixes
    Hourglass: Remixes
    Hourglass Remixes is a remix album by Depeche Mode's singer Dave Gahan. It was released by Mute Records on March 11, 2008 in North America.-Track listing:Vinyl album# "Deeper & Deeper" # "Kingdom"...

    , a 2008 album by David Gahan
  • Hourglass, a box set released on June 1, 2010 by heavy metal band Lamb of God
    Lamb of God (band)
    Lamb of God is an American heavy metal band from Richmond, Virginia. Formed in 1994, the group consists of vocalist Randy Blythe, guitarists Mark Morton and Willie Adler, bassist John Campbell, and drummer Chris Adler...


Songs

  • "Hourglass" (Squeeze song), a 1987 song by Squeeze
  • "Hourglass" (Clannad song)
    Hourglass (Clannad song)
    "Hourglass / Theme from Harry's Game" is a double A-side single by Irish musical group Clannad released to promote their best-of Past Present. This is the band's only single to feature a lead song that doesn't appear on any album, and the band's only double A-side single to date...

    , a 1989 song by Clannad
  • "Hourglass", a song by At The Drive-In from their 1998 album In/Casino/Out
    In/Casino/Out
    In/Casino/Out is the second full-length LP by American post-hardcore band At the Drive-In, released in 1998. It was recorded as a live studio album, with the intention of better capturing the energy and sound of their live shows....

  • "Hourglass", a song by Liquid Tension Experiment from their 1999 album Liquid Tension Experiment 2
    Liquid Tension Experiment 2
    Liquid Tension Experiment 2 is the second album by the band Liquid Tension Experiment. The tracks were largely improvised with little rehearsal, and there are no vocals.-Track listing:-Personnel:*John Petrucci - guitars...

  • "Hourglass", a song by Live Alien Broadcast
    Live Alien Broadcast
    Live Alien Broadcast is a Baltimore-based rock band that began between the Washington D.C. suburb of Gaithersburg, Maryland and Baltimore City, as a straight up heavy band and later incorporated a DJ and samples to their sound.-Biography:...

     from their 1999 album Even Further
  • "Hourglass", a song by Lamb of God from their 2004 album Ashes of the Wake
    Ashes of the Wake
    Ashes of the Wake is the fourth studio album by American groove metal band Lamb Of God, released in 2004. The album debuted at number 27 on the Billboard 200, selling 35,000 copies in its first-week and was rated by Guitar World as the 49th greatest Guitar Album of all Time...

  • "The Hourglass", a song by Savatage from their 1998 album The Wake of Magellan
    The Wake of Magellan
    -Personnel:*Zachary Stevens - lead vocals*Jon Oliva – lead vocals , keyboards*Chris Caffery – guitars, backing vocals*Al Pitrelli - guitars, backing vocals*Johnny Lee Middleton – bass guitar, backing vocals...


Other entertainment

  • Hour Glass (TV series), a 1946–1947 NBC television variety show
  • Hourglass Studios, a visual effects studio started by Dave McKean
    Dave McKean
    David McKean is an English illustrator, photographer, comic book artist, graphic designer, filmmaker and musician....

  • Hourglass, a 1995 film directed by C. Thomas Howell
    C. Thomas Howell
    Christopher Thomas "Tommy" Howell , known by his stage name C. Thomas Howell, is an American actor and film director. He starred in the films The Outsiders as Ponyboy Curtis and in The Hitcher as Jim Halsey. He has appeared in The Da Vinci Treasure,Soul Man, Red Dawn, Secret Admirer, Gettysburg, H. G...

  • Hourglass (novel)
    Hourglass (novel)
    Hourglass is a fantasy novel by Claudia Gray released in 2010. It is the third novel of the Evernight series, a series of four books, and is preceded by Stargazer and followed by Afterlife. The four books feature vampires, wraiths , betrayal, and, of course, love...

    , a 2010 novel written by Claudia Gray
  • "Hourglass", a 2004 episode from season 3 of Alias
  • The Hourglass, a supervillain character from the 2008 film, Superhero Movie
    Superhero Movie
    Superhero Movie is a 2008 American spoof film written and directed by Craig Mazin, produced by David Zucker and Robert K. Weiss, and starring Drake Bell, Sara Paxton, Christopher McDonald, and Leslie Nielsen...

  • Hourglass (Smallville)

Space

  • Hourglass Nebula
    Hourglass Nebula
    The Engraved Hourglass Nebula is a young planetary nebula situated in the southern constellation Musca about 8,000 light-years away from Earth. It was discovered by Annie Jump Cannon and Margaret W. Mayall during their work on an extended Henry Draper Catalogue...

    , a planetary nebula
  • Hourglass Sea, an early name for Syrtis Major Planum, a feature of Mars

Women's fashion

  • Hourglass corset
    Hourglass corset
    The hourglass corset produces a silhouette resembling the hourglass shape: wide bottom, narrow waist , wide top.-History:The first fashions worn with hourglass corsets, around 1830, emphasized width - they tended to have very wide skirts, large sleeves and sloping shoulders. These elements...

    , a type of undergarment
  • Hourglass figure, a description of a female body shape

Zoology

  • Hourglass dolphin
    Hourglass Dolphin
    The hourglass dolphin is a small dolphin in the family Delphinidae that inhabits Antarctic and sub-Antarctic waters....

    , Lagenorynchus cruciger, a small dolphin found in Antarctic and sub-Antarctic waters
  • Hourglass Toad, or Cross Toad
    Cross Toad
    The Cross Toad or Hourglass Toad is a species of toad in the Bufonidae family.It is found in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and possibly Brunei....

    , Leptophryne borbonica, a species of toad native to southeast Asia

Other

  • The Hour-Glass, a 1905 painting by Evelyn De Morgan
    Evelyn De Morgan
    Evelyn De Morgan was an English Pre-Raphaelite painter.She was born Evelyn Pickering. Her parents were of upper middle class. Her father was Percival Pickering QC, the Recorder of Pontefract...

  • Hourglass Device
    Hourglass Device
    The Hourglass Device is a military award of the United States armed forces presented as an attachment to the Armed Forces Reserve Medal. The Hourglass Device denotes total service as a member of the Reserve or National Guard and is issued in three degrees....

    , a United States military award, attached to the Armed Forces Reserve Medal
  • Hourglass Field
    Hourglass Field
    Hourglass Field was the popular name for an auxiliary landing field operated by the United States Navy before and during World War II in the northern part of San Diego, California. It is remembered as a racetrack in the regional road racing circuit and because a crackdown on unauthorized drag...

    , an early 20th Century landing field outside San Diego
  • Hourglass formation, a type of formation in modern Western square dance
    Modern Western square dance
    Modern Western square dance is one of two types of square dancing, along with traditional square dance. As a dance form, modern Western square dance grew out of traditional Western dance...

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