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Horizontal Garden Dial, Marked "F.C.R.P.E.", German, 1785

Inventory Number 53773

Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.53773

Subject: Sundials; Mathematical instruments
Item type: Object
Makers: 'F. C.R.P.E.'
Provenance: Presented by Lewis Evans. Probably Jesuit maker or owner from presence of "IHS".
Primary inscriptions: "F.C.R. / P.E." and "IHS"
Physical material: Honestone; brass
Object type: Garden dial
Dimensions: Height: 94mm Width: 165mm Depth: 143mm Weight: 1.282kg
Inventory No: 53773
Accession Number: 1924-0/part

Description

Rectangular stone plate with gnomon. Cork feet added later.

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