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Sundial cannon (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 1 month ago by Plum@lemmy.world to c/wikipedia@lemmy.world

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[–] otacon239@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The household variety was used in estates to signal the time for the midday meal.

Okay, tell me why we stopped this tradition. We need to bring these back. I could use a daily cannon fire.

[–] Steve@startrek.website 6 points 1 month ago

(manually lit on cloudy days)

Lol so practical