Historic Grahamstown
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Historic Grahamstown

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Seen is the Observatory Museum in Grahamstown in the Eastern Cape of South Africa on Tuesday November9, 2004. The topmost tower on the righthandside houses the only Victorian Camera Obscura in the Southern Hemisphere. Through the system of lenses and mirror in the revolving turret in its roof, this ingenious device projects an enchanting full colour live panorama of the town and its activities onto a flat viewing surface in a darkened room. The left most tower is the Observatory Museum's Clock Tower. The owner-designer of the Observatory was a watchmaker and jeweller, Henry Carter Galpin, who lived in Grahamstown from 1850 until his death in 1886. Having checked the time by the position of the sun in his observatory, Galpin would set the clock on the tower. In their turn, the people of the town would adjust their clocks and watches to the time on the tower. (Photo by Christine Nesbitt)

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Photo12/Africa Media Online

Notre référence

APN09A03_274

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uniquement en France, Belgique, Suisse

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Non

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Droits gérés

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17,2Mo (810,8Ko) / 16,9cm x 25,5cm / 2000 x 3008 (300dpi)

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