Description
Model 33
This is a cylindrical sundial showing antic hours. The axis of the cylinder is parallel to the Earth' one. The cylinder is truncated horizontally at the top. There is a cone inside which top coincides with the centre of the elliptical section of the cylinder.
In antic hours, the ellapsed time between sunrise and sunset is divided into 12 equal parts.
 
 
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