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Portable horizontal sundial in slate
- Made:
- 1762
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Portable horizontal sundial in slate, signed "F.C. Ludgate, Herforden, Westphalie" and dated 1762. With wind direction indicator and tables showing the hours of daylight and the sun's entry into the zodiac. Compass needle, wind vane and sundial gnomon missing. ( A41161)
Details
- Category:
- Time Measurement
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- 1990-636
- type:
- plate horizontal sundial
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust