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Equinoctial Dial, French, c.1700

Inventory Number 38674


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.38674

Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by Lewis Evans in 1924.
Primary inscriptions
Unsigned and undated
Physical material
Brass
Object type
Equinoctial dial
Inventory No
38674
Accession Number
1924-0/part

Description

Octagonal base decorated with flowers, glazed compass box. Hinged semicircular mount for hour arc with latitude quadrant.