- Item type
- Object
- Makers
- Johann Willebrand
- Provenance
- Presented by Lewis Evans
- Primary inscriptions
- "Johann Willebrand, in Augspurg."
- Physical material
- Gilt and silvered brass
- Object type
- Equinoctial dial
- Dimensions
- Height: 170mm Width: 164mm Depth: 134mm Weight: 1.35kg
- Inventory No
- 34585
- Accession Number
- 1924-0/part
Description
Rectangular base plate with three screw adjustable feet; decorated meridian ring support with plumb bob; meridian ring adjustable for latitude, with hour ring and index with minute dial and geared pointer. Within meridian ring an ecliptic plane with alidade and calendar scale.
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