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Equinoctial Dial, by Johann Willebrand, Augsburg, c.1720

Inventory Number 43176


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.43176

Item type
Object
Provenance
From the collection of Lewis Evans.
Primary inscriptions
'Johann Willebrand In Augspurg ...'
Physical material
Gilt and silvered brass
Object type
Equinoctial dial
Inventory No
43176
Accession Number
1924-0/part

Description

Octagonal base, inset compass, folding latitude plase and hour ring. Leather-covered case with silver disc with latitudes on inside of lid.