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Equinoctial Ring Dial with Quadrant, Benjamin Cole, London, Mid-18th Century

Inventory Number 65697


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.65697

Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by Lewis Evans with his collection..
Primary inscriptions
"COLE LONDON".
Physical material
Brass
Object type
Equinoctial ring dial
Dimensions
Diameter: 152mm
Inventory No
65697
Accession Number
1924-0/part

Description

Brass, with latitude scales for both Northern and Southern latitudes, and reverse sides of the meridian and hour rings have quadrants marked in degrees.