The Catalogue

Instruments · 1566

Compendium tablet sun-dial, brass gilt, with three silvered latitude plates and magnetic compass, signed Christopher Schissler, Augsburg, Germany, dated 1566.

Science Museum Group, London

Instruments · 1568-1590

Original leather case for silver altitude sundial, made by Humfrey Cole, London, 1568-1590.

Science Museum Group, London

Instruments · 1581

Pocket sundial and compass of sheet brass, gilt, etched and engraved.

Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Instruments · 1607-1653

Sundial by Allen, Elias, England, 1607-1653

Science Museum Group, London

Instruments · ca. 1650 - ca. 1700

Folding compass and sundial, ivory, engraved in black with brass fittings, France (Dieppe), ca. 1650-1700

Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Instruments · 1650-1665

Folding pocket compass and sundial in boxwood case made by Henry Sutton, Threadneedle Street, London, 1650-1665.

Science Museum Group, London

Instruments · 1671-1730

Sundial, brass gilt 8 5/8" by 7 1/2", by Godfried Weiss, German, 1671-1730.

Science Museum Group, London

Instruments · 1680-1700

Sundial and case by Michael Butterfield, France, 1680-1700

Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Instruments · 1680-1699

Travelling sundial & compass, silver, Paris

Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Instruments · 1694

Equinoctial sun dial

Science Museum Group, London

Instruments · 1701-1752

Mechanical equinoctial sundial

Science Museum Group, London

Instruments · 1745-1755

Magnetic Sundial with six loose hour rings

Science Museum Group, London

Instruments · ca 1750

Sundial by Copp Family, United States, ca 1750

National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC

Instruments · 1800-1900

Metal, possibly silver alloy, sundial in shape of pocket watch includes a compass. French, 1800-1900

Science Museum Group, London

Instruments · 1800

Sundial by Ernst Christoph Stockert, Germany, 1800

Bohuslän Museum

Instruments · 1801-1900

Cylinder sundial or 'Shepherd's dial', for use at latitude 42°. Rough construction. Made in France, 1801-1900 (see note).

Science Museum Group, London

Instruments · 1884-1886

Model of Celestial hemispheres (Kapali), scale 1:24, in the Jaipur Observatory.

Science Museum Group, London

Instruments · 1884-1886

Model of double equinoctial dial (Narivalaya), scale 1:36, in the Jaipur Observatory

Science Museum Group, London

Instruments · 1884-1886

Model of equatorially mounted circles (Chakra Yantra), scale 1:24, in the Jaipur Observatory.

Science Museum Group, London

Instruments · 1884-1886

Model of North equinoctral dial (Ayn Yantra), scale 1:24 in the Jaipur Observatory

Science Museum Group, London

Instruments · 1884-1886

Model of pointer to the North Pole (Druv Nal), scale 1: 24, in the Jaipur Observatory

Science Museum Group, London

Instruments · 1959 (designed); 2001(made)

Sundial by Moss, Tony; Schmoyer, R. L.; Lindisfarne sundials, England, 1959 (designed); 2001(made)

Science Museum Group, London