- Item type
- Object
- Makers
- Thomas Tuttell
- Provenance
- Presented by Lewis Evans
- Primary inscriptions
- Unsigned
- Physical material
- Brass
- Object type
- Inclining dial
- Dimensions
- Height: 150mm Width: 95mm
- Inventory No
- 54359
- Accession Number
- 1924-0/part
Description
Design almost identical to that published by Tuttell. Rectangular plate hinged to fold in half; one half carrying horizontal (inclining) dial with sprung folding gnomon with integral plumb level for 30-80° (plummet missing); the other half carrying the azimuth dial with folding gnomon on cursor moving against a combined calendar, zodiac and declination scale. Three edges of this half-plate are marked as a rectangular protractor and there are two levelling screws. On the reverse of this half plate is a perpetual almanac 1697-1758.
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