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Equinoctial Ring Dial, by Andreas Vogler, Augsburg, Late 18th Century

Inventory Number 55002

Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.55002

Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by Lewis Evans with his collection. From the Barnett Collection.
Primary inscriptions
"Andrea Vogler in Augsburg".
Physical material
Gilt-brass and brass
Object type
Equinoctial ring dial
Dimensions
Diameter: 70mm
Inventory No
55002
Accession Number
1924-0/part

Description

Brass ring dial of conventional design except that the suspension arrangement is held in place by a brass wire attached around the rim of the meridian circle.

Shark-tooth type engraved decoration on the reverse of the hour-ring.

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