Vertical Sundial by Karl Adzersen
date: label: date made
content: 1732
name: label: maker
content: Adzersen, Karl
notes: label: Description
content: This sundial consists of a thin rectangular brass plate. A hole at the top allows it to be hung. The brass gnomon blade has foliation along one edge. A tab-and-groove holds the gnomon to a brass fleur-de-lis which is screwed to the dial. A sun with an ornate "55" inside it is inscribed on the plate. The rays of the sun point to hour and half-hour marks (calibrated from 1 to 7 and 6 to 12 by 1) around three edges of the plate.
label: Description
content: A mark at the top reads: 1732. A signature near the bottom reads: Karl Adzersen. The adjacent place name is illegible.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Sweden
topic: label: Subject
content: Timekeeping
label: Subject
content: Mathematics
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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.326516
label: catalog number
content: 326516
label: accession number
content: 258078
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Sundial, Vertical
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 cm x 9.3 cm x 12.1 cm; 3 5/32 in x 3 21/32 in x 4 3/4 in