18th Century Sundial and Compass Replicas Composition on recycled paper

Composition on recycled paper

This album was published on the occasion of the exhibition 'Dragon and Phoenix - Centuries of Exchanges between Chinese and Islamic Worlds'

Decor of the college Chapel Sainte-Croix du Vésinet

Asia and the Americas by leading photographers like Jacques-Philippe Potteau

silky and delicate touch to the surface

18th Century Sundial and Compass Replicas Composition on recycled paperNot that long ago people actually lived by sundial time. Every village and town functioned on local time, depending on local latitude. The arrival of trains and mail coach traffic created a need for coordinated time. Our travel sundial needs a compass to find north. Raising the triangular gnomon upright while pointing the compass needle North will show the time. The correct time will show only if the local latitude correspondes to angle of gnomon.