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<p>[QUOTE="all_fakes, post: 238619, member: 55"]I can think of one way to use it as a perpetual calendar though: put three hands on the center hole, individually movable; point to a day with one, to a month with another, to a date with the third. That could work, without rotating any of the brass parts.</p><p>Compare <a href="https://www.rubylane.com/item/362270-160101/Vintage-Standing-Brass-Zodiac-Astronomical-Astrological" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.rubylane.com/item/362270-160101/Vintage-Standing-Brass-Zodiac-Astronomical-Astrological" rel="nofollow">https://www.rubylane.com/item/362270-160101/Vintage-Standing-Brass-Zodiac-Astronomical-Astrological</a></p><p>and note that the ruby lane item was made for decorative purposes, and is not as old as it might appear from the spelling of the months ("januarius" and so on)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="all_fakes, post: 238619, member: 55"]I can think of one way to use it as a perpetual calendar though: put three hands on the center hole, individually movable; point to a day with one, to a month with another, to a date with the third. That could work, without rotating any of the brass parts. Compare [URL]https://www.rubylane.com/item/362270-160101/Vintage-Standing-Brass-Zodiac-Astronomical-Astrological[/URL] and note that the ruby lane item was made for decorative purposes, and is not as old as it might appear from the spelling of the months ("januarius" and so on)[/QUOTE]
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