Sundial discovered by accident in muddy field is rare 14th century device

garryson

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[h=2]The ancient time-keeper is the oldest English scientific instrument to have been presented for sale at Christie’s[/h]
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Read more: Sundial discovered by accident in muddy field is rare 14th century device worth £80,000 - Mirror Online
 

really nice find, i didnt know there was a time device like that


The sundial - shaped like a pizza slice - was an unequal hours horary device that divided sunrise to sunset into 12 hours year-round, rendering winter hours much shorter than summer hours.
 

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