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Horizontal dial
Dial in the shape of a small spotted-ivory box, complete with a screw-on lid whose inside carries a disk showing the phases of the Moon and a converter for changing lunar hours into solar hours. At the bottom of the box is a compass for orienting the dial, with a windrose on colored paper. There is [...]
Creator
- Europeana
Publisher
- Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Subject
- Astronomy
- astronomy
Type of item
- Sundial
- sundials
Providing institution
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- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Rights
- © Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Creation date
- 17th cent.
- 16XX
- 1700
- 1601
Places
- French or Italian
Identifier
- urn:imss:instrument:401052
Extent
- diameter 40 mm, height 35 mm
Language
- eng
- ita
Is part of
- Medici collections
References
- http://catalogue.museogalileo.it/indepth/Gnomon.html
Year
- 1601
- 1700
Providing country
- Italy