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PraxinoscopeInvented in 1877 by Frenchman Emile Reynaud to overcome the deficiencies of the Zoetrope, this beautiful optical device entertains and delights. Complete with 20 animated strips, this is an example of one of the first motion picture instruments. Crafted with a brass base, this piece will adorn and educate, delight and entertain. If you have a graphic artist, a photographer, or movie buff in your life this piece is an ideal and unique gift. It is

The Cardan or marine compass is a nautical instrument whose use was fundamental in the development of navigation and cartography

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The Tide Computer is used to figure out the time of the tides

Universal Equatorial Solar Quadrant

Based on the 18th-century design of German goldsmith Johann Georg Vogler this well-reproduced sundial will ornament any office

Crafted of brass comes complete cord and clasp with booklets of use and historical context

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The Nocturnal is available in a larger desk model and key chain version

Complete with booklet explaining its use and historical contest

and some of the most beautiful and precise scientific instruments were born there

The dial is composed of a circular band perforated by two offsetting symmetrical holes through which the sun rays pass and are projected as a small elongated spot of light on the hourly line etched on the interior of the dial

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