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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Sundials, one of humanity’s oldest ways of telling time, are typically permanent installations. The very good reason for this is that telling time by the sun with any degree of accuracy requires ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This French universal equinoctial ...

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 ...