Uploaded October 2019 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
This video is about what we have in common between Cape Town’s oldest living tradition, the Noon Gun ...... and South Africa’s oldest scientific institution and timekeeper, the South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO). You will hear all about Time Services, Time Balls, Signal Pistols, Regulator Clocks, Chronometers, etc, etc.
A special thanks to the following people who's video footage and/or photographs I could use:
Chantal Fourie, Shireen & Geoff Evans, Johan le Roux, Ian Glass, Lisa Crause, SAAO Archives
On 30 November 2020, Dudley Malgas sadly passed away, just over a year after retirement! Condolences to his family.
This video is about what we have in common between Cape Town’s oldest living tradition, the Noon Gun ...... and South Africa’s oldest scientific institution and timekeeper, the South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO). You will hear all about Time Services, Time Balls, Signal Pistols, Regulator Clocks, Chronometers, etc, etc.
A special thanks to the following people who's video footage and/or photographs I could use:
Chantal Fourie, Shireen & Geoff Evans, Johan le Roux, Ian Glass, Lisa Crause, SAAO Archives
On 30 November 2020, Dudley Malgas sadly passed away, just over a year after retirement! Condolences to his family.
