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Description: | Abraham . Bath
Portable horizontal dial for 51� North. The brass dial-plate is circular and has an open centre, and two semicircular strips support the gnomon. The hour scale is numbered clockwise, there is a three mm gap in the scale at noon and the gnomon is fixed and of a very simple design. It is signed 'Abraham . Bath' on the hour-circle.
This is probably part of a horizontal dial similar to that in the Whipple collection (accession no. Wh: 1670) which is set over a compass in a square mahogany box.
For more information regarding this dial please refer to the OUP & NMM catalogue, 'Sundials at Greenwich'.
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caption: Horizontal dial | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Directional dial Jacob Horizontal dial Sundials at Greenwich Abraham horizontal dials | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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