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Equinoctial Dial and Nocturnal, Italian, c. 1560

Inventory Number 55224


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.55224

Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by Lewis Evans in 1924.
Primary inscriptions
'VIGILATE QVIA NESCITIS DIEM NEQ: HORAM'
Physical material
Gilt brass
Object type
Equinoctial dial
Dimensions
Diameter: 48mm
Inventory No
55224
Accession Number
1924-0/part

Description

Round base with glazed magnetic compass, hinged hour ring with latitude strut, hinged lid with inner latitude table and outer nocturnal. Leather-covered wooden case.