- Item type
- Object
- Makers
- Franciscus de Salvis
- Provenance
- Presented by Lewis Evans
- Primary inscriptions
- "FRANCISC. DE SALVIS ROMAN. FECIT MATRITI 1695".
- Physical material
- Brass
- Object type
- Equinoctial ring dial
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 75mm Height: 81mm Depth: 3mm Weight: 70g
- Inventory No
- 48981
- Accession Number
- 1924-0/part
Description
Brass, calibrated for Northern and Southern latitudes, and with quadrant of degrees [marked: "QVADRANS AD INVESTIGANDAS LATITVDINES"] on reverse of meridian circle.
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