Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 January 1904 — Where the Hourglass Is Used. [ARTICLE]

Where the Hourglass Is Used.

Among things not generally known is the fact that the hourglass is universally used on board ships in ifie* English navy when the log is heaved?at night. Every hour the boatswain or one the boatswain's mates blows on hit * whistle a peculiar shrill note called the * reel. The person in the watch to whom » this duty is assigned then heaves the * log. a small piece of wood with a sink- - er fitted in it. and at that moment the * glass is turned. Though termed an hourglass generally, it is only a four teen second glass really. As the last grain runs out the log line is stopped with a jerk, which also loosens the lead sinker. The Jog floats up to the surface of the sea, the line is hauled in and an entry made in the book, which, from its containing this among other items of the daily and nightly events of the voyage, is called the log book.—lxmdon Country Life.