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Equinoctial Dial, by David Beringer, German, c. 1800

Inventory Number 53892

Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.53892

Item type
Object
Provenance
From the collection of Lewis Evans.
Primary inscriptions
"David Beringer fecit"
Physical material
Gilt and silvered brass
Object type
Equinoctial dial
Dimensions
Diameter: 74mm
Inventory No
53892
Accession Number
1924-0/part

Description

Octagonal base; full circle hour ring; gnomon bent; folding latitude quadrant; magnetic variation marked in compass bowl; three feet.

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