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2. www.compassmuseum.com › sundials › sundialsCompass Museum - Sundial compasses

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   This department only deals with portable sundials equipped with a compass. We describe in Part 1 the different types developed between the 17th and the 19th century. You will find technical background information in the 2nd Part.

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     virtual compass museum - pocket compasses. ADAMS, Dudley...

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3. www.alamy.com › stock-photo › compass-18th-centuryCompass 18th century hi-res stock photography and images - Alamy

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   Who invented a sundial compass?

   • SHOP). Patent (no. 2,594,600, April 29, 1952) filed by BERKE Brothers Distilleries Inc. Boston, Mass. for a sundial-compass designed to be placed on top of bottles (link to side view) or attached by a strap to the wrist.

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   How to use a sundial compass?

   • User's instructions for the sundial-compass: The dial shows the hours of the longest possible summer day in Northern Germany (i.e from 3 in the morning to 10 in the evening) together with the cardinal points. To orientate the compass, one has to rotate the arrow so that the current hour (indicated by a watch) appears in the arrow's fork end.

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   What is a compass pocket sundial?

   • The compass Pocket sundials incorporate a very simple recessed compass. The Latitude Scale On nautical or professional equinoctial compasses for explorers, which have to be usable in the entire world, the latitude scale must be representative of any location on Earth. It is thus graduated from 0° to 90°, covering a full hemisphere.

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   When was a Swiss compass made?

   • The patent for Switzerland ( no. 72,0181, link to pic) was granted in 1916. It was manufactured from approx. 1922 to the late 30's. The name Uhr-Kompass means "watch compass", and was meant quite literally: It could be used as a sundial, with the use of the table on the backside. The red little ant was a part of a promotion gimmick.

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5. www.gettyimages.com › photos › sundial-compassSundial Compass Photos and Premium High Res ... - Getty Images

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6. www.alamy.com › stock-photo › sundial-18th-centurySundial 18th century Stock Photos and Images - Alamy

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7. commons.wikimedia.org › Category:Sundial_compassesCategory:Sundial compasses - Wikimedia Commons

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   Traveling Sundial And Compass (Germany), early–mid-18th century (CH 18416833).jpg 3,513 × 2,960; 9.57 MB

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9. www.britishmuseum.org › collection › objectdiptych-dial; compass-dial; sundial | British Museum

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   The compass in the centre is a replacement and contains a compass card signed 'E. Ch. Stockert', an 18th century German sundial maker. Outside the dial the cardinal directions are given in Latin, as well as the motto 'SOLI DEO GLORIA'.