Check out Kerry Shrives’ appraisal of a French brass pocket sundial with compass, ca. 1700, in Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens, Hour 1. Antiques Roadshow is available to stream on pbs.org and the free ...

An advanced solar compass can find true north from anywhere on the planet – or off. We have used solar navigation to get around since ancient times , based on the principles of a sundial but in ...

Sundial and compass with perpetual calendar and lunar circles. Brass, part silvered, 6 1/8 x 5 3/8-inches. By Christopher Kohler, Dresden, Germany, 1677. Glass of compass box cracked, compass needle ...

This is a horizontal compass sundial, made of gilded silver. It is of 'Butterfield' type, named after English manufacturer Michael Butterfield, who popularised the adjustable bird gnomon.

A magnetic compass is used to align the sundial. Around the outside rim of the compass, eight directions are engraved in (slightly abbreviated) French: Nord, Nouest, Ouest, Souest, and so forth.

I would be surprised if there wasn’t a sundial which is built onto a compass, to automatically orient it to north. Report comment. Reply. Kenneth R Clark says: March 18, 2023 at 12:05 pm ...

A mysterious Viking sundial found in Greenland may have helped the ancient mariners sail at the same north-south latitude across the Atlantic, new research suggests. The study, detailed Tuesday in ...

A mysterious Viking sundial found in Greenland may have helped the ancient mariners sail at the same north-south latitude across the Atlantic, new research suggests. The study, detailed Tuesday ...