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Analemmatic Dial, English c. 1700

Inventory Number 52950


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.52950

Subject
Sundials
Item type
Object
Provenance
From the Barnett Collection
Primary inscriptions
Unsigned
Physical material
Brass
Object type
Dial
Dimensions
Height: 172mm Width: 120mm
Inventory No
52950
Accession Number
1935-4/part

Description

Garden dial for latitude 54°45' (Durham?). Rectangular plate with four holes for fixing to pedestal or base; azimuth gnomon on cursor sliding against scales for the date, the sun's place in the zodiac, the sun's declination and the time of sunrise and sunset.