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Horizontal Dial and Noon Cannon, by F. Amuel, Berlin, c.1800

Inventory Number 46223


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.46223

Item type
Object
Makers
F.Amuel
Provenance
Lent by Miss Ellen Willmott
Physical material
Stone
copper alloy
Glass
Object type
Horizontal dial
Dimensions
Height: 143mm Width: 240mm Depth: 240mm Weight: 4279g
Inventory No
46223
Accession Number
1924-46

Description

Octagonal stone base supporting a Gnomon, a moveable lens and a small cannon all made of copper alloy.