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Horizontal Dial with Adjustable Gnomon, French, c. 1780

Inventory Number 47020

Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.47020

Subject: Sundials; Mathematical instruments
Item type: Object
Provenance: From the collection of Lewis Evans.
Physical material: Brass
Object type: Horizontal dial
Dimensions: Diameter: 61mm
Inventory No: 47020
Accession Number: 1924-0/part

Description

Gnomon adjustable with bird latitude index, compass needle visible only through a slot. Lid missing.

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