sc0263; ad; advert; advertisement; ephemera; Koh-I-Noor; pencil; drawing; instrument; art; artist; Peary; North Pole; Arctic; exploration; L & C Hardtmuth; Golden Lane; London; Victorian; Edwardian; Frank Gorny; Craigowl; sc0263
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sc0263 bk0150 pADX(1); Josef Hardtmuth manufactured his first yellow pencil in 1890 at his factory in Prague. He named it after Queen Victoria's famous yellow diamond -the Koh-I-Noor, after she called his luxury line "the Koh-I-Noor of pencils"
time; timepiece; ancient; Greek; Roman; 100AD; sundial; garden sundial; numerals; Roman numerals; telling time; sun; shadow; history of time; concept of time; trigonometry; cast shadow; movement of sun; PB2; IPSV7256
1927 advert car polish preservative shoes British ; 1920s; advertisement; promotion; automobile; motor; cleaner; polisher; footwear; antique; paper; history; ephemera ; E Brown & Son Ltd "Meltonian Works" ; Cricklewood, London NW2, England
1927 music grand piano pianola home entertainment ; 1920s; advertisement; promotion; Aeolian; fun; musical; relaxation; friends; musicians; mechanical; reproduction; antique; paper; history; ephemera ; Aeolian Co Ltd ; Aeolian Hall 131-7, New Bond Street, London W1, England
06 April 2013; 2013; 7 streets converging; London; London's West End; Monmouth Street London WC2H 9DD; Scott A. McNealy; Scott A. McNealy photographer; Sundials detail of 7 Dials near Covent Garden; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; West End; byword for urban poverty; convergence of 7 streets; described by Charles Dickens in Sketches by Boz; dial itself acts as 7th sundial; nineteenth century slum; only 6 sundials not 7; original layout designed by Thomas Neale in early 1690s; outside; road junction; spring; sundial pillar; streetscape;
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The Crown Pub at 7 Dials near Covent Garden, London Described not favourably by Charles Dickens in Sketches by Boz, 7 Pillars has become a byword for urban poverty, though the area thrives and is very popular and busy today.
streetscape; 06 April 2013; 2013; 7 Dials Panorama of Cambridge Theatre near Covent Garden; 7 streets converging; London; London's West End; Monmouth Street London WC2H 9DD; Scott A. McNealy; Scott A. McNealy photographer; Sundials detail of 7 Dials near Covent Garden; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; West End; byword for urban poverty; convergence of 7 streets; described by Charles Dickens in Sketches by Boz; dial itself acts as 7th sundial; ninteenth century slum; only 6 sundials not 7; original layout designed by Thomas Neale in early 1690s; outside; road junction; spring; sundial pillar;
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7 Dials Panorama of Cambridge Theatre near Covent Garden, London. Note there are only 6 sundials not 7, original layout designed by Thomas Neale in early 1690s only had 6 streets...a 7th street was added later and the dial itself acts as the 7th sundial. Described not favourably by Charles Dickens in Sketches by Boz, 7 Pillars has become a byword for urban poverty, though the area thrives and is very busy today.
Coca-Cola Coke Coca Cola advert advertising advertisement ad soft drink drinks adverts advertisements ads fizzy history of historic historical heritage popular culture US USA United States America American icon icons iconic promotion promotions promotional material materials nineteenth century 19th old beverage beverages campaign campaigns carbonated portrait vertical poster posters company companies co woman drinking female young
time; clock; sundial; 3 o'clock; 10 o'clock; shadow; right; wrong; new; mechanical; old; solar; sun; building; tower; roof; window; Keelman Hospital; Newcastle; British Summer Time; Greenwich Mean Time; Sun Time; Solar time
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What is the time? The clock shows a little after 3 o'clock - the shadow of the sundial suggests a little after 10 in the morning. Which is right? In fact the sundial is showing GMT, with the time at British Summer Time being shortly after 11am. So which is right?
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