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Polyhedral dial
Sundial in the shape of a truncated tetrahedron generating seven finely decorated faces. Each carries a sundial (horizontal or inclined) complete with a gnomon. There is a magnetic compass to orient the instrument toward the local magnetic meridian. The base is damaged. Provenance: Medici collections.
Creator
- Europeana
Publisher
- Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Subject
- Astronomy
- astronomy
Type of item
- Sundial
- sundials
Medium
- wood
- Wood
- wood (plant material)
Providing institution
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- 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
- mid-17th cent.
- 1700
- 1651
Places
- Italian
Identifier
- urn:imss:instrument:403058
Extent
- height 164 mm
Language
- eng
- ita
Is part of
- Medici collections
References
- http://catalogue.museogalileo.it/indepth/Gnomon.html
Year
- 1651
- 1700
Providing country
- Italy