Ruler for laying out sundials

Made:: 1657 in London

maker:: Hilkiah Bedford

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Ruler for laying out sundials
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Ruler for laying out sundials, signed "H (Hilkiah) Bedford by Holborn conduit: As described by George Serle in his "Dialling Universal", 1657

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Category:: Time Measurement

Object Number:: 1984-4

type:: sundial tool (rule)

credit:: Delehar, P.

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