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Equinoctial Ring Dial with Quadrant, by J. Sisson, London, c. 1730

Inventory Number 69025


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.69025

Item type
Object
Makers
J. Sisson
Provenance
Not ascertained.
Primary inscriptions
"I. SISSON LONDON.".
Physical material
Brass
Object type
Equinoctial ring dial
Dimensions
Diameter: 131mm
Inventory No
69025

Description

Brass, with scale for equation of dial and quadrant in degrees on back of meridian circle; diameter 5 1/8". In original green velvet-lines fishskin case.