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Horizontal Dial with Adjustable Gnomon and Gimballed Mount, German, c.1730

Inventory Number 52022

Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.52022

Subject: Sundials; Mathematical instruments
Item type: Object
Provenance: From the collection of Lewis Evans.
Physical material: Gilt and silvered brass; wood
Object type: Horizontal dial
Dimensions: Diameter: 90mm
Inventory No: 52022
Accession Number: 1924-0/part

Description

Turned wooden box with push-fit lid, brass gymble mount, adjustable gnomon with bird latitude index.

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