Three early 20th-Century brass-cased American "Sunwatches", by The Outdoor Supply Co., patented April 20, 1920 and May 10, 1922 , with folding gnomon for latitudes 35°, 40° and 45°, hour graduations for the three latitudes, inset glazed compass with blued-steel needle, the compass card reading MADE IN FRANCE, the inside of the folding lid with a list of American cities and their latitudes, as well as a table for the equation of time, one sunwatch lacking this applied list but instead with a printed paper fold-out instruction leaflet for the sunwatch, "The Tickless Timepiece", each sunwatch -- 3in. (7.6cm.) long ; a modern gilt-brass miniature compass sundial, with folding gnomon for latitudes 35°, 40° and 45°, one set of hour graduations, a small glazed compass with blued-steel needle and suspension loop, the reverse with a winged Aztec design -- 1½in. (3.8cm.) diameter ; and a reproduction pillar dial See Colour Illustration (5)
Three early 20th-Century brass-cased American "Sunwatches", by The Outdoor Supply Co., patented April 20, 1920 and May 10, 1922 , with folding gnomon for latitudes 35°, 40° and 45°, hour graduations for the three latitudes, inset glazed compass with blued-steel needle, the compass card reading MADE IN FRANCE, the inside of the folding lid with a list of American cities and their latitudes, as well as a table for the equation of time, one sunwatch lacking this applied list but instead with a printed paper fold-out instruction leaflet for the sunwatch, "The Tickless Timepiece", each sunwatch -- 3in. (7.6cm.) long ; a modern gilt-brass miniature compass sundial, with folding gnomon for latitudes 35°, 40° and 45°, one set of hour graduations, a small glazed compass with blued-steel needle and suspension loop, the reverse with a winged Aztec design -- 1½in. (3.8cm.) diameter ; and a reproduction pillar dial See Colour Illustration (5)
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