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Inclining Dial, by Edmund Culpeper, London, Early 18th Century

Inventory Number 33314


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.33314

Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by Lewis Evans
Primary inscriptions
"Edm Culpeper Londini Fecit"
Physical material
Brass
glass
Object type
Inclining dial
Dimensions
Height: 20mm Width: 68mm Depth: 57mm Weight: 0.1kg
Inventory No
33314
Accession Number
1924-0/part

Description

Octagonal plate with inset compass (with adjustable variation plate) and sprung folding latitude arc to 60°; hinged hour plate with sprung folding gnomon; two feet.