A HORIZONTAL DIAL FOR THE AMERICAN COLONIES

Lot 77
09.12.2020 00:00UTC +00:00
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£ 5 000
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Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 470193
Lot 77 | A HORIZONTAL DIAL FOR THE AMERICAN COLONIES
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£ 5 000 – 8 000
A HORIZONTAL DIAL FOR THE AMERICAN COLONIES

GEORGE ADAMS, CIRCA 1750

Signed on the plate G ADAMS LONDON for latitude 38° 45', hour scale V-XII-VII divided to the minute, calendrical scales for the equation of time, 16-point compass rose, original gnomon.

12 x 12 x 6in. (30.5 x 30.5 x 14.5cm.)

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