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Miniatures

Spanning the wealth of human inventiveness.

I've chosen a keyring, a couple on stands and a couple on a leather thong necklace. They also span the earth (Tide Computer), the night sky (Nocturnal), the sun (Sundials) and lastly the true representation of creativity. The Astrolabe. How cool is this collection?


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Astrolabe (keyring) No need for a satnav when you can impress your driver by producing this ancient artifact, use it to locate yourself and several heavenly bodies and confidently assert that though you know exactly where you are in relation to the universe you are neverthel (H80)
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Nocturnal It is used to tell the time at night based on the position of a certain star in the night sky. Knowing the time is important in piloting for calculating tides and some nocturnals incorporate tide charts for important ports. Which is why you need our Tide (H85)
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Philip 2nd Sundial (necklace) A miniature hanging dial that is not very accurate because of its size. But who cares on a sunny afternoon? Is it time for tea? Probably. (H88)
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Ring Dial (brass, necklace) This is another fantastic invention - a clever way to tell the time. Simply hold it up and let the sun shine through. A ray of light shines on the hour mark! An exact replica, made from brass. (H87)
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Tide Computer (keyring) This is one face of the Nocturnal and Tide Computer above - the Tide side! The abacus or tide computer is used to figure the time of the tides that greatly affect navigation both in harbours and for fishing. (H93)
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