- Item type
- Object
- Makers
- Joannes Petrus Rutzius
- Provenance
- Presented by Lewis Evans
- Primary inscriptions
- "Joannes Petrus Rutzius / Frideberga"
- Object type
- Equinoctial dial
- Dimensions
- Weight: 53g
- Inventory No
- 52682
- Accession Number
- 1924-0/part
Description
Square pierced base with circular compass box adjustable for variation; sprung folding plumb level (plummet missing); hinged hour circle with centrally mounted folding latitude quadrant fitting into top of plumb level; alidade with folding gnomon and vernier for reading minutes.
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