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View full screenHorizontal pedestal sundial made by Richard Melville in Glasgow, 1845, set to give local time in Glasgow and the corresponding time in New York, Alexandria, Malabar and New Zealand
T.1967.90
Melvin, Richard, 1832 (fl.) - 1871 (d.), Maker
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Northern Europe
1845
Slate top, iron gnomon, metal gnomons
New York, USA, North America
Alexandria, Lower Egypt, Egypt, Northern Africa
Malabar, India, South Asia
New Zealand, Polynesia
Earth in Space (29 Jul 2011)
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