Combined pocket Sun-dial and compass, in Rosewood case

Combined pocket sun dial and compass in a rosewood case

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Combined pocket sun dial and compass in a rosewood case
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Combined pocket Sun-dial and compass, in a Rosewood case said to have been given to the Donor's grandfather, Thomas Lister, by George Stephenson at the opening of the Stockton & Darlington Railway in 1825

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Category:: Miscellanea & Curiosities

Object Number:: 1948-22

type:: sun-dial and compass

credit:: Somerset-Lister, A J

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