Solid Brass Pendulum Sundial and compass in Hardwood Box.
High Class Antique Reproduction Solid Brass Sundial Compass very detailen in proper working order can be use for basic observation. lockable direction pointer & adjustable screw legs Sundial size: 7.5cm X 3cm Box size : 10cm X 4.5cm "A perfect balance of science, history, and sociology, Pendulum sundial traces the important development in humankind's epic to measure the hours,days, and years with accuracy, and how our concept of time has changed with each new technological breakthrough.Easy-to-follow format and illustrated with entertaining anecdotes. History of timekeeping covers everything from the earliest pendulum sundials. A tour of the discoveries and the inventors who endeavoured to chart and understand time. Time's Pendulum also explains how each new advance gradually transformed our perception of the world."
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