Paper, 'The description of an universal dial' by Joseph Jackson and Geo [George] Adams
Reference number: CLP/3ii/32
Date: 1731
Description
Jackson and Adams describe their universal sundial, which shows the hour when the sun is on the equinox, when it is on the meridian at twelve, and it shows the sun's azimuth. It also shows the sun's altitude, variation of the needle, and the declination of a plane.
Subject: Scientific apparatus and instruments
Read to the Royal Society on 24 February 1731
- Reference number
- CLP/3ii/32
- Earliest possible date
- 1731
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- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 3 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Paper, 'The description of an universal dial' by Joseph Jackson and Geo [George] Adams, 1731, CLP/3ii/32, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_3ii_32/paper-the-description-of-an-universal-dial-by-joseph-jackson-and-geo-george-adams, accessed on 08 August 2026
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