Ivory Diptych Sundials, 1570-1750

by A.J. Turner, Penelope Gouk, Harvard University

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During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, ivory diptych sundials were widely used to determine the time by day or night. These elaborate portable sundials, which could be adjusted for different latitudes, incorporated various devices useful for merchants and others who traveled extensively in Europe. This catalog illustrates in detail Harvard's collection of eighty-three ivory diptych sundials, one of the largest holdings of these instruments...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0674469771

ISBN13:9780674469778

Release Date:January 1992

Publisher:Harvard Collection of Historical Scientific I

Length:150 Pages

Weight:0.25 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 8.9" x 11.3"

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