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Tablet sundial, 1592 (gilt brass)

Tablet sundial, 1592 (gilt brass)
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NRM260946
Image title
Tablet sundial, 1592 (gilt brass)
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Artist
German School, (16th century) / German
Location
Science Museum, London, UK
Medium
gilt brass
Date
1597 AD (C16th AD)
Image description

orientated by mean sof a built in compass; time shown by the shadow of a tautened string falling upon a scale of hours surrounding the compass; indicated Italian hours, Babylonian hours, planetary or Jewish hours and the sun's position in the ecliptic;

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© Science and Society Picture Library / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords
horological / folding pocket sun dial

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