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Horizontal Garden Dial, Marked "K I", German, 1785

Inventory Number 46913

Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.46913

Subject: Sundials; Mathematical instruments
Item type: Object
Makers: "K.I."
Provenance: Jesuit maker (from presence of "IHS"). From Lewis Evans Collection
Primary inscriptions: "K I" below noon mark and "IHS" at centre
Physical material: Honestone; brass
Object type: Garden dial
Inventory No: 46913
Accession Number: 1924-0/part

Description

Circular stone dial with brass gnomon. Cork feet added later and two stone losses replaced.

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