CAPE TOWN'S TIME-GUNS

dc.creator	W.M. Bisset
dc.date	2012-02-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T20:08:23Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T20:08:23Z
dc.identifier	10.5787/14-4-510
dc.identifier	2224-0020
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/c39f18f750554d3e92c9f0e2f23d8907
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/8183
dc.identifier.uri	https://doaj.org/article/c39f18f750554d3e92c9f0e2f23d8907
dc.description	Although a great many articles have been written on the subject of Cape Town's noon gun (the. official terminology is 'time-gun') most of the writers have not had access to the Lion Battery Fort Record Book and the existance of more than one Cape Town time-gun has only recently been recorded. By 1807 a noon gun was fired regularly from the Imhoff Battery on the seaward side of the Castle.1 On 4 August 1902 the noon gun was fired from Lion Battery on Signal Hill for the first time.2 The battery was built because of fears of war with Russia and had been armed with two 9- inch Rifled Muzzle Loading guns by 1891. Lion Battery was remodelled in 1911.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Military Science (Military Academy)
dc.relation	http://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/510
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2224-0020
dc.source	Scientia Militaria : South African Journal of Military Studies, Vol 14, Iss 4 (2012)
dc.subject	Cape Town's noon gun
dc.subject	'time-gun'
dc.subject	Lion Battery Fort Record Book
dc.subject	Signal Hill
dc.subject	Cape Town time-gun
dc.subject	two 9- inch Rifled Muzzle Loading guns
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Military Science
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Military Science
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.title	CAPE TOWN'S TIME-GUNS
dc.type	Article