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Astronomical Compendium, by V.C., English, c. 1554

Inventory Number 51738

Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.51738

Item type
Object
Makers
V. C.
Provenance
Lent by the Bodleian Library.
Primary inscriptions
Signed "V.C."
Physical material
Gilt brass
Object type
Compendium
Dimensions
Height: 2.7cm Width: 5.8cm Depth: 11.1cm Weight: 0.3kg
Inventory No
51738
Accession Number
1952-74

Description

English astronomical compendium incorporating a sundial, nocturnal, compass, clinometer, star-maps, lunar volvelle, almanack, tables of latitudes and tides.

c.1554

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