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Silver-gilt carriage clock

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Thinking with Things: The Oxford Collection
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This travelling calendar carriage clock dates to 1747–1823. Why would such a clock need to have both lunar and sun time represented on it? With Professor Chris Lintott Astrophysics, University of Oxford.
Object number: WA1949.134

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Thinking with Things: The Oxford Collection
People
Chris Lintott
Keywords
history
Ashmolean
clocks
engineering
Department: Ashmolean Museum
Date Added: 23/01/2017
Duration: 00:02:57

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