Object Details
- Description
- This square horizontal sundial consists of a brass dial and gnomon, a wooden base, and a silver compass inset in the center of the dial. The compass has a needle and four points. The dial is calibrated from 1 to 12 and from 1 to 12 for a total of twenty-four hours. Each hour is divided into eight parts. Inside this calibration, the dial is calibrated again from I to XII with the hour divided into four parts. The gnomon folds up to a vertical position. The dial is screwed to the wooden base in four places. The base is covered with red paper.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- MA.330847
- accession number
- 305777
- catalog number
- 330847
- Object Name
- sundial
- Measurements
- overall: 1.5 cm x 8.1 cm x 8.2 cm; 19/32 in x 3 3/16 in x 3 7/32 in
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Mathematics
- Science & Mathematics
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Timekeeping
- Record ID
- nmah_1215131
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-9a42-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
