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Sundials (2)
Ever since the Hellenistic period, instruments were built based on the principle of a rod (known as a style) casting a shadow on a quadrant. Such instruments, called sundials, combined two notions: first, the Sun as a time-keeper revolving around the immobile Earth in a uniform daily motion; second, [...]
Creator
- Europeana
Publisher
- Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Subject
- Astronomy
- Measuring time
- Astronomy
Type of item
- Multimedia
Creator
- Europeana
Publisher
- Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Subject
- Astronomy
- Measuring time
- Astronomy
Type of item
- Multimedia
Providing institution
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Rights
- © Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Creation date
- 2010
- 2010
Identifier
- urn:imss:multimedia:500084
Extent
- 119 sec.
Format
- video/flv
Language
- eng
- ita
Is referenced by
- http://catalogue.museogalileo.it/object/AstronomicalCompendium.html
Year
- 2010
Providing country
- Italy