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Analemmatic Dial, by Pierre Sevin, Paris, c. 1670

Inventory Number 37021

Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.37021

Subject
Sundials
Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by Lewis Evans
Primary inscriptions
"Pierre Seuin / AParis"
Physical material
Brass
Object type
Dial
Dimensions
Height: 9mm Width: 191mm Depth: 191mm Weight: 0.75kg
Inventory No
37021
Accession Number
1924-0/part

Description

Square base plate with three holes (for feet or for fixing onto pedestal?), decorated spandrels, and divided circle. Mounted on the base is a rotatable circular plate, with the azimuth dial set within the horizontal dial for 45°. The horizontal string gnomon dial has a (restored) folding gnomon support with plumb level; the azimuth dial has a folding gnomon on a cursor moving against a zodiac calendar scale.

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