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Double Horizontal Dial, by Elias Allen, London, c.1630

Inventory Number 35515


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.35515

Item type
Object
Provenance
Purchased
Primary inscriptions
"Elias Allen fecit"
Physical material
Brass
Object type
Horizontal dial
Dimensions
Diameter: 315mm Height: 172mm Weight: 2.8kg
Inventory No
35515
Accession Number
1943-5

Description

Circular hour plate marked with hour and horizontal instrument scales; gnomon for 51 degrees, shaped for dial and horizontal instrument.