- 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.
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