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C1877
Time Ball Tower, Lyttelton, N.Z.
Artist:
Artist unknown
Scarce c.19th hand coloured engraving of Ball Tower, Lyttelton, New Zealand. A time ball is a large painted wooden or metal ball that drops at a predetermined time, principally to enable sailors to check their marine chronometers from their boats … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Time Ball Tower, Lyttelton, N.Z.
Date:
C1877
Artist:
Artist unknown
Condition:
In good condition
Technique:
Hand coloured engraving.
Image Size:
105mm
x 105mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1877
Description:
Scarce c.19th hand coloured engraving of Ball Tower, Lyttelton, New Zealand.
A time ball is a large painted wooden or metal ball that drops at a predetermined time, principally to enable sailors to check their marine chronometers from their boats offshore. The Port Lyttelton timeball started signaling Greenwich mean time to ships in the harbor beginning in 1876.
From the original edition of The Illustrated Sydney News.
References:
Gibbs & Shallard. Illustrated Sydney News : ISSN 2203-5397.
Collections:
State Library New South Wales: F8/39-40
State Library Victoria: PCINF SLVIC=1853-1872
National Library Australia: Bib ID 440095
