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Horizontal Dial and Nocturnal, by Michael Butterfield, Paris, c. 1700

Inventory Number 55253


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.55253

Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by Lewis Evans.
Primary inscriptions
"Butterfield, / fecit, AParis"
Physical material
Brass
Object type
Horizontal dial
Dimensions
Height: 55mm Width: 95mm Depth: 138mm Weight: 0.212kg
Inventory No
55253
Accession Number
1924-0/part

Description

Compass and horizontal dial on one side, with folding gnomon for 56 degrees; lunar volvelle on reverse.