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Equinoctial Dial, by Macquart and Cadot, Paris, 1730

Inventory Number 36541


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.36541

Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by Lewis Evans
Primary inscriptions
"Macquart et Cadot Son gendre AParis 1730"
Physical material
Silver
Object type
Equinoctial dial
Dimensions
Height: 25mm Width: 69mm Depth: 75mm Weight: 0.1kg
Inventory No
36541
Accession Number
1924-0/part

Description

Octagonal base; part circle hour ring; folding gnomon (restored); folding latitude quadrant