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Equinoctial Ring Dial with Quadrant, by Michael Butterfield, Paris, Late 17th Century

Inventory Number 34439

Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.34439

Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.34439

Subject: Sundials; Mathematical instruments; Quadrants
Item type: Object
Makers: Butterfield
Provenance: Presented by Lewis Evans
Primary inscriptions: "Butterfied AParis".
Physical material: Brass; fishskin case
Object type: Equinoctial ring dial
Dimensions: Diameter: 85mm Height: 106mm Depth: 8mm Weight: 0.1kg
Inventory No: 34439
Accession Number: 1924-0/part

Description

Brass, with quadrant in degrees on reverse of meridian circle. In red velvet-lined fishskin case.

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