horizontal sundial
Datecirca 1935
Inventory Number7224
ClassificationSundial
Subject
Maker
English
Place of Origin
Dimensionsopen: 2.5 × 5.2 × 6.2 cm (1 × 2 1/16 × 2 7/16 in.)
closed: 0.7 × 5.2 × 6.2 cm (1/4 × 2 1/16 × 2 7/16 in.)
closed: 0.7 × 5.2 × 6.2 cm (1/4 × 2 1/16 × 2 7/16 in.)
Material
AccessoriesBlue cardboard box with instructions printed on a circular paper glued to the interior of the lower half. There is also a slip-in brown leather case.
DescriptionThe horizontal dial is mounted together with a small magnetic compass on a thin metal plate with three supporting feet. The gnomon for the dial is made for a latitude of 51° 30' and hinged to fold flat against the dial plate for storage. The chapter ring is marked 5-12-1-7 and VI-XII-I-VIII with 15 minute subdivisions. The markings in Roman Numerals are offset by one hour for Daylight Savings Time... The compass rose is divided into 8 points marked N, NE, E, SE, S. SW, W, and NW with 10° subdivisions. There is a magnetic deviation mark at approximately 15°W.,octagonal,The chapter ring markings for Daylight Savings Time are unusual.
Inscribed"MADE IN ENGLAND" and "TEMPUS FUGIT SUMMER TIME" on the dialplate along with "51 30".
Curatorial RemarksAppraisal by Brieux, 9/24/84: $10. Of the style of Butterfield Dials, but of modern construction and gnomon is not adjustable. Tag marked "Gift of Martha R. Wray Christmas 1935" now missing. (Gillingham bought dials from her London shop.)
FunctionTime finding at one latitude after orienting the gnomon to point toward true North.
ProvenanceHarrold E. Gillingham, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, purchased from Martha R. Wray, London, 1935. David P. Wheatland purchased from Gillingham, 1949. Donated to CHSI, c. 1985.
Claude Dunod
Date: circa 1725
Accessories: None. Unit is housed in a protective box
Object number: 7120
English
Date: circa 1770
Accessories: Fitted red leather case with red cloth interior.
Object number: 7119
Date: circa 1930
Accessories: Cardboard box in fine condition
Object number: 7201
Outdoor Supply Company, Inc.
Date: circa 1950
Accessories: Original cardboard box in fine condition with instructions. Box marked "BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA" and wih sales sticker from F.A.O. Schwarz, New York, N. Y.
Object number: 7202