Polyhedral Sundial
date: label: date made
content: 1730s
name: label: maker
content: Beringer, David
label: maker
content: Seyfried, Georg Paulus
notes: label: Description
content: This cube dial has a wooden base with a space for a compass needle inset in it. The needle and glass are missing. The cube is on a hinged pillar that can be adjusted for latitude.There are sundial scales on pieces of paper attached to five of the six sides of the cube.
label: Description
content: On top is a horizontal dial that runs from IV to XII to VIII. On one side is a vertical south dial, with its gnomon pointing downward, that runs from VI to XII to VI. Opposite it is a vertical north dial that run from IIII to VIII and from IIII to VIIII. Another side has an east dial that runs from IIII down to XI. This side also has a hook for a leveling bob (no leveling bob) and a scale of latitudes along the bottom edge that runs from 80 degrees to 10 degrees, marked at 10 degree intervals. The side opposide this one has a west dial that runs from VIII down to I.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany: Bavaria, Nuremberg
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
label: Subject
content: Timekeeping
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
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content: Science & Mathematics
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MA.330844
label: accession number
content: 305777
label: catalog number
content: 330844
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sundial
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 17.5 cm x 10 cm x 12 cm; 6 7/8 in x 3 15/16 in x 4 23/32 in