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TEN/A/03/01055
Title
James Wilson, Birmingham: Arched with moon dial, 1780s / Clockmaker: John Thomson, Lesslie, 1789
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- 1988 Jan (Creation)
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1 framed 35mm colour slide
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(1927–2018)
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Main dial: vetch gesso-framed corner; motto in breakarch "Sic Est Vita Hominis". Hemispheres: North America, ecliptic below equator. False plate: cast iron.
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Slides 1055 and 1055a show the same dial. It is also shown in the Scottish dials series, slide 1054.
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Archivist's note
Originally located in Drawer 7, section "Wilson breakarch moon floral and fruit corners".