#  Look What Turned Up, in 1860! 

 





July 20, 2022

 

 

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David P. Wheatland Curator Sara Schechner recently consulted with the [National Museum of American History (NMAH)](https://americanhistory.si.edu/) on an interesting find: a French pocket sundial that purportedly turned up in an Indiana farmer's field in 1860! How is got there and how it ended up in the NMAH is [a fascinating plunge into our nation's history](https://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/pocket-sundial).   
  
   ![Pocket Sundial](/sites/g/files/omnuum6316/files/styles/hwp_1_1__720x720_scale/public/chsi/files/ma.325565_nmah-rws2022-00083_side.jpg?itok=Mvstkipe) 

 



 

 

 



 

 

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