Horizontal sundial for latitude 43° with brass gnomon on slate base
- Made:
- 1820
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Horizontal sundial for latitude 43° with brass gnomon on slate base, also with an iron frame having an aperture to allow a ray of sunlight to fall on a part of the base engraved with an analemma for correcting for the equation of time, and a grid indicating months, and hour lines close to noon
Details
- Category:
- Time Measurement
- Object Number:
- 1999-1141
- type:
- plate horizontal sundial
- credit:
- Christie's South Kensington Limited
