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Wooden Polyhedral Dial, by D. Beringer, Augsburg, c.1780

Inventory Number 53684


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.53684

Item type
Object
Provenance
Purchased from Dr. Reginald S. Clay with his collection.
Primary inscriptions
"D. BERINGER"
Object type
Polyhedral dial
Inventory No
53684
Accession Number
1944-1/part

Description

Wooden base with inset compass; pillar supporting wooden cube on pivot, printed paper dials on 5 faces with copper alloy gnomons. copper alloy plumb-bob.