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Analemmatic Dial, by ?P. Z. W., German, 1763

Inventory Number 36901


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.36901

Subject
Sundials
Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by Lewis Evans
Primary inscriptions
"P.Z.W.S.I.A. 1763." and "Horologium Analemma- / ticum Horizontale".
Object type
Dial
Dimensions
Height: 120mm Width: 210mm Depth: 210mm Weight: 0.6kg
Inventory No
36901
Accession Number
1924-0/part

Description

Plate with three feet (two levelling); horizontal dial on a sliding plate moving against zodiac calendar scales with a sprung folding gnomon which serves both the horizontal and the azimuth dials. With silk-lined wooden case.