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

Inventory Number 51777

Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.51777

Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.51777

Subject: Sundials; Mathematical instruments
Item type: Object
Makers: David Beringer
Provenance: Lewis Evans Collection
Primary inscriptions: "D. BERINGER"
Physical material: Wood; Paper; copper alloy; Glass; Iron
Object type: Polyhedral dial
Dimensions: Height: 165mm Width: 100mm Depth: 124mm Weight: 314g
Inventory No: 51777
Accession Number: 1924-0/part

Description

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

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