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Inclining Horizontal Dial, by J. Coggs, London, c. 1725

Inventory Number 41625


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.41625

Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by Lewis Evans.
Primary inscriptions
"I:Coggs. Fleet Street"
Physical material
Brass
Object type
Inclining dial
Dimensions
Height: 120mm Width: 168mm Depth: 168mm Weight: 0.954kg
Inventory No
41625
Accession Number
1924-0/part

Description

Square plate with 4 levelling screws, large magnetic compass, folding gnomon with plummet and latitude scale.