Brass meridian gun or "canon de midi", circular base engrave - Lot 290

Lot 290
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Brass meridian gun or "canon de midi", circular base engrave - Lot 290
Brass meridian gun or "canon de midi", circular base engraved with a sundial and a calendar "Fast means that the watch should be faster than the dial slower"; in front of the gun "solar time of this place is slow of Greenwich 30 Mins 25 Secs", the latter surmounted by a stirrup (a missing fastening element) carrying the convergent firing lens. English work. Diameter: 46 cm - Missing: two screws and a fixing element of the bracket.
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