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Nocturnal, by Michiel Coignet, Antwerp, 1598

Inventory Number 44721


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.44721

Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by Lewis Evans
Primary inscriptions
"Michael Coignet fe"
Physical material
Brass
Object type
Nocturnal
Dimensions
Diameter: 107mm Height: 165mm Depth: 22mm Weight: 251g
Inventory No
44721
Accession Number
1924-0/part

Description

Has the 'organum Ptolemai' form of altitude dial on the back.