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Designed in 1786 by watchmaker and inventor Robert Rousseau, the solar cannon allowed strollers at the [[Palais-Royal]] to adjust their timepieces: when the sun reached the meridian, a magnifying glass was arranged so that the sun’s rays were directed to the touch hole of a small cannon. At noon precisely, it went off with a bang! A restored cannon works to this day. | Designed in 1786 by watchmaker and inventor Robert Rousseau, the solar cannon allowed strollers at the [[Palais-Royal]] to adjust their timepieces: when the sun reached the meridian, a magnifying glass was arranged so that the sun’s rays were directed to the touch hole of a small cannon. At noon precisely, it went off with a bang! A restored cannon works to this day. | ||
Latest revision as of 02:06, 26 December 2017
Designed in 1786 by watchmaker and inventor Robert Rousseau, the solar cannon allowed strollers at the Palais-Royal to adjust their timepieces: when the sun reached the meridian, a magnifying glass was arranged so that the sun’s rays were directed to the touch hole of a small cannon. At noon precisely, it went off with a bang! A restored cannon works to this day.