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Equinoctial Ring Dial with Quadrant, English, c. 1760

Inventory Number 63503

Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.63503

Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by Lewis Evans with his collection.
Primary inscriptions
Unsigned and undated.
Physical material
Brass
Object type
Equinoctial ring dial
Dimensions
Diameter: 153mm Height: 220mm
Inventory No
63503
Accession Number
1924-0/part

Description

Brass, with mahogany case and brass suspension stand. Latitude sacales for both Northern and Southern latitudes, and the reverse of the hour-ring and meridian ring are calibrated in quadrants of degrees.

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