Sarah,

You should visit the "Historisches Museum" in Frankfurt, which have a good 
collection of sundials and other astronomical and scientific instruments. You 
may find the museum by searching the Internet with Google for "Historisches 
Museum Frankfurt". There is also a catalog of their collection (which I do not 
have at hand, so that I cannot tell you now the exact title). However, it was 
made for a temporary exhibition, and only a smaller part of the items in the 
catalog are also in the permanent exhibition.

In case that you are interested also in historic geodetic instruments, I may 
arrange a visit to my institution (Federal Agency for Mapping and Geodesy) in 
Frankfurt.

Best regards,
Wolfgang Dick
(Potsdam/Frankfurt am Main)

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