sundial
Sundial is a astronomical instrument or small monument.
Also recorded as sun dial
sundial

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- astronomical instrument · small monument · physical tool · sculpture
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Sundial is a astronomical instrument or small monument.
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Its recorded use is measurement of time. Catalogue entries for instruments state maker, signature, completeness and working condition. VALÉORINE records this subject so that lots referring to it can be described consistently.

Sonnenuhr in Stade, Lower Saxony, Germany
Dietmar Rabich

Sundial at Albert Hall, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Dietmar Rabich
Primary material
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- Internet Archive holdings naming sundial
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q80793: sundial
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- “Sundial”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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institutional register
Internet Archive holdings naming sundialInternet Archive
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q80793: sundialWikimedia Foundation
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Broader subject
2- astronomical ringsTerminology
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- sundial cannonTerminology
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Elsewhere in Scientific instruments
736 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Subaru TelescopeTerminology
- Submillimeter ArrayTerminology
- Submillimetre Common-User Bolometer ArrayTerminology
- Suffa RT-70 radio telescopeTerminology
- sundial cannonTerminology
- Sundial, TaganrogTerminology
- Sunyaev–Zel'dovich ArrayTerminology
- Super-LOTISTerminology
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