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Time ball at Sydney Observatory
Made by
Maudslay, Sons & Field Ltd
in
Lambeth
,
England
, 1858.
A yellow and black time ball made of cast iron, with a cyliner, piston, rack and pinion lifting mechanism, safety lock, electric motor and ball.
Observatory stock numbers 9 and 10.
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