Talk:Timewheel

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Hello Wikipedia,

I hereby state that I am the copyright holder of the TimeWheel article text I copied to Wikipedia from www.timewheel.com.

Please do not delete the article, and let me to copy more text from the site into this article.

The reason of copying is that the texts introducing the TimeWheel to the public are written carefully, and I see no reason to change it just - although I will edit it later if new informations are coming.

my user login is: herner

Waiting for Your answer, sincerely

Daniel Herner +36 70 363 5561 -- Herner 12:28, 8 July 2005

Hungarian[edit]

What is the Hungarian name? like "órakör"? --Sheynhertz-Unbayg 08:53, 7 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

External Link expired[edit]

Hi the timewheel.com domain seems to have lapsed, so I've commented out the 'External Links' section -- if it is just temporarily out, when it's renewed we can un-comment it. Thank you. Zero sharp 23:16, 10 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Accuracy of the timewheel[edit]

So the timewheel is accurate to a grain of sand, if the article is to be believed, yet it takes "roughly 45 minutes" to flip it over? The article probably needs some information about how they manage this discrepancy. 130.194.13.102 00:52, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It wasn't meant to be a timepiece, it's an artistic work which portrays the concept of Time. 208.29.184.143 (talk) 23:34, 28 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

That seems quite reasonable, but it is not what the article claims. The article claims that it is extremely accurate. I have been bold and removed the claim of extreme accuracy until someone can provide a reliable cite to support it. -- 202.63.39.58 (talk) 12:09, 17 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I am not sure that accuracy would even be possible. If the temperature changes, wont the neck where the sand goes through expand or contract a small amount, changing the flow rate and consequently, ruining the accuracy? 65.167.146.130 (talk) 15:12, 15 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Leap Years[edit]

How are they handled? Is the turning of the Timewheel postponed for a day? 98.196.193.51 (talk) 01:41, 15 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Largest ?[edit]

The article Hourglass#Largest sandglasses claims that the Timewheel has been surpassed in size by a Russian one. However, the Russian claim is unreferenced. For the time being, I have slightly diluted the claim on this article. -- 202.63.39.58 (talk) 12:09, 17 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Unveiled in the early 2000's but it inspired a 199- hourglass ?[edit]

According to the article the Timewheel was unveiled at the time of EU expansion early this millenium, but it goes on to say that the Timewheel inspired an hourglass that was created before it. Does the Timewheel allow time travel, is the information inaccurate, or was the Timewheel planned out before that but not put into practice until this millenia? 67.162.220.47 (talk) 06:12, 4 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Technically, it says the time wheel inspired another hourglass which is housed in a museum that was opened in 1991. It's possible the hour glass was not built until later. Or it's possible that this article is wrong. If you speak Japanese, you can probably find the answer [http:www.sandmuseum.jp/ here]. - TheMightyQuill (talk) 12:17, 1 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

No longer functional?[edit]

By my poor reading of the Hungarian article hu:Időkerék, the time wheel has not been functioning since at least 2011. Is that correct? - TheMightyQuill (talk) 12:19, 1 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

"marked"[edit]

The idea and the building of the Timewheel is marked by János Herner, the architectural design of the statue was done by István Janáky.

I do not understand the first part of this sentence: what does "marked" mean? Did Herner propose it, fund it, authorize it, comment on it or what? —Tamfang (talk) 23:14, 28 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]