Sundial
Heath & Wing, London, England
1773
Overall: 20 1/2 in. (52 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Allen King Collection of Scientific Instruments, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College
2002.1.34750
Geography
Place Made: England, United Kingdom, Europe
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Scientific Instrument
Research Area
Scientific Instrument
Scientific Instrument: Time
Not on view
Course History
HIST 63.02, Material Culture of Science, Whitney Robles, Spring 2022
Exhibition History
Green Time, Berry Library 4th floor, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 1, 2022 - June 30, 2023.
Illuminating Instruments: Studying Light at Dartmouth, Harrington Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 19-October 17, 2004.
Publication History
David Pantalony, Richard L. Kremer, Francis J. Manasek, Study, Measure, Experiment: Stories of Scientific Instruments at Dartmouth College, Norwich, Vermont: Terra Nova Press, 2005, p. 33, ill.
Provenance
Gift of Samuel Holland, 1773; catalogued into the Allen King Collection of Scientific Instruments, 2002.
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