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Pocket Watch-Type Horizontal Dial, by Rousseau, French, c. 1800

Inventory Number 54354

Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.54354

Item type
Object
Makers
Rousseau
Provenance
Bequeathed by Mrs A. M. Billmeir.
Primary inscriptions
"Rousseau. Inv. fec."
Physical material
Silver
brass
glass
gold?
Object type
Horizontal dial
Dimensions
Diameter: 70mm Height: 92mm Depth: 25mm Weight: 0.116kg
Inventory No
54354
Accession Number
1973-11/5

Description

Single horizontal dial mounted on a plate above a compass occupying the full diameter of instrument. Circular table of latitudes of cities on reverse.

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