An interactive mechanical clock

Introduction

The photograph on this page of An interactive mechanical clock by Russel Wills as part of the Geograph project.

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An interactive mechanical clock

Image: © Russel Wills Taken: 7 Jun 2018

The clock is based on a ‘camera obscura’ and it tells the time with its rotating minute hand suspended above head height parallel to the ground. The minutes are shown on the ground and the hour on a central ring above the main sphere

Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0

Image Location

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Latitude
54.643718
Longitude
-3.545213