Sundial: Chinese Universal Equatorial

Adler Planetarium
Chicago, United States

Chinese characters. Equatorial hour scale with double-hours divided into 8ths; engraved on a movable pierced brass resembling a ship's vessel. Disk mounted on a pair of metal arcs that slide within the slot a of a cup.

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Title: Sundial: Chinese Universal Equatorial
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Medium: gilt brass

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