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Inclining Dial, by William Deane, London, c.1730

Inventory Number 52684

Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.52684

Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented, in 1928, by Mrs. J. M. Lightfoot, in memory of the Rev. R. H. Lightfoot of New College.
Primary inscriptions
"WM. DEANE fecit"
Physical material
Gilt brass
Object type
Inclining dial
Dimensions
Height: 208mm Width: 208mm
Inventory No
52684
Accession Number
1928-54

Description

Square plate with 3 levelling screws, equation of time scale, large inset compass (glass cover badly cracked) with hour scale above adjustable for magnetic variation, folding gnomon with plummet and latitude scale.

Associated letter written by William Nicolas, 29 May 1739.

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