Sundials at Greenwich : a catalogue of the sundials, nocturnals, and horary quadrants in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich / Hester Higton ; with contributions from Silke Ackermann [and others]. - [1st edition]. - x, 463 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 33 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part one: Sundials in history -- 1. Sundials of the Far East / Kiyoshi Takada -- Essential complementarity: the sundial and the clock / Anthony Turner -- An obsession with dialling / Hester Higton -- Sundials and the arts / Richard Dunn. Part two: The catalogue -- 1. Direction dials -- 2. Altitude dials -- 3. Multiple dials -- 4. Miscellaneous dials -- 5. Horary quadrants -- 6. Islamic dials and quadrants --7. Dials from the Far East -- 8. Nocturnals -- 9. Imitations.

A catalogue of sundials held at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, containing full entries on all items in the Museum's collection. All entries are illustrated, with the most significant in colour.

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