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Sundial cannon (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 6 months ago by Plum@lemmy.world to c/wikipedia@lemmy.world

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[–] otacon239@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months 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 6 months ago

(manually lit on cloudy days)

Lol so practical