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Horizontal Dial with Adjustable Gnomon, French?, 19th Century

Inventory Number 40133


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.40133

Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by Lewis Evans in 1924.
Physical material
Silvered metal
mahogany
Object type
Horizontal dial
Dimensions
Height: 70mm Width: 69mm
Inventory No
40133
Accession Number
1924-0/part

Description

Silvered compass' hour plate and gnomon, on wooden base with hinged lid, bird index for adjustable gnomon.