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I.42 Horizontal dial
Maker:Robert Dormer
Place:Florence
Date:1715
Materials:slate
Dimensions:324x202 mm
Current inventory:589
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Rectangular sundial on a slate slab, with two gnomons for the two etched dials, one for astronomical hours, the other for Italian and Babylonian hours calibrated for latitude 43°47' (Florence). As indicated on the slab, the instrument was made in Florence by Robert Dormer, an Englishman on whom we have no information.

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