Dear colleagues,
Archaeologists in Zutphen, The Netherlands, have uncovered a copper-alloy
quadrant marked for equal hours. Stratification of the layers is apparently
indicating a date in the range 1300-1325 which, if true, predates the Richard
II quadrants in the British Museum by around a century. For a press release see:
http://www.zutphen.nl/Nieuws/Nieuwsberichten/April/Oudste_horloge_van_Noord_Europa_gevonden_in_Zutphen/Persmap_quadrans
There is an English version of the press release which currently contains
factual errors which we are working to correct. Detailed studies of the
underlying geometry used in this case are ongoing.
Regards,
John
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Dr J Davis
Flowton Dials
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