Just a guess, but might San 1790 be a misinterpretation of F.an 1790 (an abbreviation of Fecit anno 1790). This would then match Mrs Gatty's description pretty well.
Geoff On 20 June 2017 at 10:53, Patrick Powers <patrick_pow...@compuserve.com> wrote: > Hello all, > > It’s always interesting to look a little further into an old sundial – > especially when it is one that is one of the lesser-known ones and is of > some age too. > This is true of a lovely dial set up in 1790 in Grantham, UK. [Grantham > appeared > as early as 1086 in the Domesday Book and was of course the place where > Isaac Newton was first educated]. > > The dial of interest is a West Declining Dial which was partially > ‘restored’ in 1968 but which restoration has left a number of questions > behind. > > I would be interested to hear of any others’ comments about the various > examples of restoration ‘drift’ and other oddities that are evident on this > dial. > My initial summary about the dial can be found via a link on the *SunInfo* > Web Page (www.bit.ly/suninfo) or more directly at http://www.ppowers.com/ > grantham.htm. > > What might the letters ‘San’ mean?, is the motto unique in the UK? and why > were the declination lines not restored too?, all come to mind. > > [image: image] > > Patrick Powers > > > --------------------------------------------------- > https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial > > >
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