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Unknown. Horizontal sundial. 18th century (?)
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Unknown. Horizontal sundial. 18th century (?)
Number
МАЭ № 7733-47. МЛ-3707
Title
Horizontal sundial
Date
18th century (?)
Author
Unknown
Material
redwood
Annotation
Square sundial with compass box are installed into round base. Hour scale 4-12 -8. 24-rhumb limb is marked along the edge of the dial ((0)- ХП(0)- ХП) with devisions in 1/8 rhumb. Each devision has dead opening about 1 mm in diameter. Gnomon is missing.
Corpus
History of Science Monuments. 14th-19th centuries. Mikhail Lomonosov Museum
Albums
Mikhail Lomonosov and Russian Science of the 18th Century