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Collection
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Equinoctial sun dial, c. 1694.

1694

models of Celestial hemispheres (Kapali)

1884-1886

model of equatorially mounted circles (Chakra Yantra)

1884-1886

Model of Narivalaya at Jaipur Observatory, 1884-1886

1884-1886

Magnetic Sundial, mid 18th century.

1745-1755

Pocket watch shaped sundial with built-in compass

1800-1900

Model of pointer to the North Pole (Druv Nal)

1884-1886

Model of Ayn Yantra at Jaipur Observatory, 1884-1886

1884-1886

Universal equinoctial ring sun dial, 1710-1729. With case

1710-1729

Mechanical equinoctial sundial, before 1752

1701-1752

One of nineteen photographs taken by the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, showing M. Lacailles' wall sundial in Cape Town.

One of nineteen photographs taken by the Royal Observatory

1909

model of sundial, similar to Samrat Yantra, scale 1:24, in the Jaipur Observatory

Model of Samrat Yantra at Jaipur Observatory, 1884-1886

1884-1886

model of Azimuth instrument (Diagamsa Yantra), scale 1: 24, in the Jaipur Observatory

model of Azimuth instrument (Diagamsa Yantra)

1884-1886

Models of (a) Celestial hemispheres (Kapali) (b) equatorially mounted circles (Chakra Yantra), scale 1:24, in the Jaipur Observatory

Models of (a) Celestial hemispheres (Kapali) (b) equatorially mounted circles (Chakra Yantra)

1884-1886

model of complementary hemispheres (Jai Prakash), scale 1:24, in the Jaipur Observatory

Model of Jai Prakash at Jaipur Observatory, 1884-1886

1884-1886

Brass portable sundial with magnetic compass, by L. Casella & Co., London, possibly owned by David Livingstone

Brass portable sundial with magnetic compass

Plaster copy of an Egyptian Shadow Clock, without cross-piece, which is missing from the original and a drawing in frame

Plaster copy of an Egyptian shadow clock.

models of altitude and azimuth instrument (Ram Yantra), scale 1:24 (two models each complementary to the other) in the Jaipur Observatory

Model of Ram Yantra at Jaipur Observatory, 1884-1886

1884-1886