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 PBS ...

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Shan Macdonald, Curatorial assistant for Scientific Instruments selected this object from the Hunterian Museum's collection. Shan writes - This beautiful instrument was made in the early 18th century ...

DITCH the magnets, it’s the sun’s time to shine. 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, ...

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 (April ...

Pocket watches are all well and good, but they have some caveats. They either need regular rewinding, or they need batteries. Sundials on the other hand need only the light from our One True Sun.

In order to see this content you need to have both Javascript enabled and Flash installed. Visit BBC Webwise for full instructions This sundial can also be used as a bird feeding table. Select your ...