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Equinoctial Dial, French?, Late 18th Century

Inventory Number 35926


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.35926

Subject
Sundials
Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by Lewis Evans with his collection.
Primary inscriptions
Unsigned and undated.
Object type
Equinoctial dial
Dimensions
Diameter: 65mm
Inventory No
35926
Accession Number
1924-0/part

Description

Augsburg type, brass eight-sided base with compass dial and beneath in inset and on obverse and reverse of the base names of towns and their latitudes; semicircular hour ring and hinged quadrant from 0° - 70°. In fishskin case with claret coloured velvet lining.