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Printing Block (Relief) of Hemsipherical Sundial Print Created for Publication by R.T. Gunther, English, 1920s

Inventory Number 18493


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.18493

Item type
Object
Provenance
Found in Museum store with other printing blocks from Oxford University Press for the works of R.T. Gunther.
Physical material
metal
Wood
Paper
Object type
Printing block
Dimensions
Height: 23mm Width: 59mm Depth: 62mm Weight: 61g
Inventory No
18493
Accession Number
2022-

Description

(Metal?) relief printing block mounted on wood, with a paper backing. The image reproduces a print of a hemispherical scaphe sundial and may have been prepared for Gunther's Early Science in Oxford.