1833 · Visual Time Signal · Werk 772 von 1.871

A time ball of 1833 on its mast above the east turret of the observatory at Greenwich, seen from the hilltop across the roof toward the river Thames, the turret an octagonal wooden lantern with white louvred panels under a flat leaden dome, a black wooden mast on the dome carrying a matt black leather ball one and a half metres across, below it a white balustrade and red brick walls, in the foreground two men in dark frock coats and tall hats seen from behind, one holding a pocket watch with its cover half open, below the grey river in haze crowded with ships' masts, midday sun from overhead.
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