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Mechanical Equinoctial Dial, German, Early 18th Century

Inventory Number 34192


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.34192

Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by Lewis Evans in 1924.
Primary inscriptions
Unsigned
Physical material
Brass and glass
Object type
Equinoctial dial
Dimensions
Height: 65mm Width: 58mm
Inventory No
34192
Accession Number
1924-0/part

Description

Octagonal base with inset central compass bowl (cardinal directions indicated as Nd Ot St Wt); folding latitude quadrant; sprung plumb level; hinged hour plate with rotating disc and minute dial; three feet (one missing); leather-covered, baize-lined wooden case.