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Horizontal Inclining Dial, by Claude Langlois, Paris, 18th Century

Inventory Number 34102


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.34102

Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by Lewis Evans.
Primary inscriptions
"Langlois AParis aux / Galleries du Louvre"
Physical material
Brass
Object type
Inclining dial
Dimensions
Height: 130mm Width: 183mm Depth: 244mm Weight: 1.432kg
Inventory No
34102
Accession Number
1924-0/part

Description

Rectangular base plate with curved end, 4 levelling screws, latitude table, gnomon with 5 holes and three scales for orientating to meridian.