The Noon Gun has been a historic time signal in Cape Town, South Africa since 1806. It consists of a pair of black powder Dutch naval guns, fired alternatingly...
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operated by Jardine Matheson, the gun is fired every day at noon and has become a tourist attraction. The Noonday Gun is located on the waterfront of the...
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The Noon Gun is a 2004 documentary film directed by Anthony Stern. In 1971, the experimental film maker Anthony Stern travelled to Afghanistan with his...
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Smoke signal (section Noon Gun)
may have seen the smoke or lights of natural phenomena. The Cape Town Noon Gun, specifically the smoke its firing generates, was used to set marine chronometers...
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Time signal (section Signal guns)
same manner, a Noon Gun has been fired in Cape Town, since 1806. The gun is fired daily from the Lion Battery at Signal Hill. The Noonday Gun serves a similar...
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Brady Noon (born December 30, 2005) is an American actor. He is known for his roles in Boardwalk Empire, Good Boys, The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers, Diary...
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Sunday close of fishing. On October 15, 1898, the gun was fired for the first time in Stanley Park at noon. The 21:00 firing was later established as a time...
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High Noon is a 1952 American Western film produced by Stanley Kramer from a screenplay by Carl Foreman, directed by Fred Zinnemann, and starring Gary Cooper...
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for example, an anchor line parted during a storm. It is known for the Noon Gun that is operated there by the South African Navy and South African Astronomical...
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Sundial cannon (redirect from Noon cannon)
A sundial cannon, sundial gun, noon cannon or meridian cannon, also noonday gun is a device consisting of a sundial incorporating a cannon with a fuse...
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