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[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]
T-26
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[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]
Sundial : Roman
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[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
Copy, with changes, of a Roman dial, c.250-300 A.D., in the Lewis Evans collection and illustrated in Mrs. Gatty's book on sundials. Disk shaped dial with suspension ring adjustable for latitude. In a shallow well within the disk, there is a pivoting bar of brass with projecting gnomon on 1 end and an upwardly curving surface marked with hours.
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[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]
"Iohn Bartlet/Ye Towne of Chester/Anno Dom. 1642"; "CIRCVMSPICIT OMNIA" and "Tempus breve est."; "Tempus breve est."
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[nb-NO]Date[nb-NO]
c. 1900
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[nb-NO]Subject[nb-NO]
United States
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11 |
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9.8 |
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2.7 |
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