Horizontal Pedestal Sundial Signed G.V.
date: label: date made
content: 1652
notes: label: Description
content: This metal horizontal dial has a square base & fixed gnomon extending at an angle of about 51 degrees. The circular hour scale runs clockwise from III to XII to I to VIII and is subdivided into half-hours. There is a hole in each corner of the base, but no pedestal. A mark on the outer circle of the base reads: An.Do. 1652. A mark below this reads: *G*V*.
label: Description
content: The identity of G.V. is unknown. London is at a latitude of 51 degrees.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
label: Subject
content: Timekeeping
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
label: See more items in
content: Science & Mathematics
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MA.319740
label: accession number
content: 239019
label: catalog number
content: 319740
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sundial
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4.5 cm x 10 cm x 10 cm; 1 25/32 in x 3 15/16 in x 3 15/16 in