horizontal sundial
Date1800
Inventory Number7198
ClassificationSundial
Subject
Maker
German
Place of Origin
DimensionsOverall: 0.6 lb., 5.8 x 1.3 x 5.8 x 5.8 cm (0.3 kg, 2 5/16 x 1/2 x 2 5/16 x 2 5/16 in.)
Overall - Storage: 1.3 x 5.8 x 5.8 cm (1/2 x 2 5/16 x 2 5/16 in.)
Overall - Storage: 1.3 x 5.8 x 5.8 cm (1/2 x 2 5/16 x 2 5/16 in.)
Material
AccessoriesNone
DescriptionHorizontal Dial with Compass in circular brass housing
The horizontal dial is mounted together with a small magnetic compass in a circular brass housing with a push-on cover. The gnomon for the dial is hinged to rotate into the plane of the dial for storage. The chapter ring is marked IIII-XII-I-VIII with 15 minute subdivisions. The gnomon is designed for a latitude of approximately 41°. The compass rose is divided into 4 points marked N, O, E, S, and W with no subdivisions. There is a magnetic declination mark at approximately 15° W of N but N is also offset to the west.,circular
The horizontal dial is mounted together with a small magnetic compass in a circular brass housing with a push-on cover. The gnomon for the dial is hinged to rotate into the plane of the dial for storage. The chapter ring is marked IIII-XII-I-VIII with 15 minute subdivisions. The gnomon is designed for a latitude of approximately 41°. The compass rose is divided into 4 points marked N, O, E, S, and W with no subdivisions. There is a magnetic declination mark at approximately 15° W of N but N is also offset to the west.,circular
FunctionTime finding at one latitude after orienting the gnomon to point toward true North.
ProvenanceJoseph Drecker, Aachen, Germany, before 1928 (no. 84); Frederik Casparus Wieder, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, 1928; D. P. Wheatland, Topsfield, MA, 1959; gift to CHSI, ca. 1987.
English
Date: circa 1935
Accessories: Blue 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.
Object number: 7224
Japanese
Date: circa 1910
Accessories: Circular metal case with push-on cover (which may not have any original connection with sundial). There is a colored picture of a shepherd and a flock of sheep on a paper inserted inside the lid and two loose red paper discs.
Object number: 7979
