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Inclining Dial, by Heath and Wing, London, c. 1770

Inventory Number 42252


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.42252

Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by Lewis Evans
Primary inscriptions
"HEATH & WING LONDON"
Physical material
Brass and silvered brass
Object type
Inclining dial
Dimensions
Height: 111mm Width: 102mm Depth: 122mm Weight: 0.3kg
Inventory No
42252
Accession Number
1924-0/part

Description

Octagonal base with three levelling screws, inset silvered compass with two bubble levels; hinged open hour plate with pivoted latitude arc and central folding gnomon. Shaped fishskin-covered case.