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Horizontal String-Gnomon Dial, by Popell, German, 1665

Inventory Number 39872


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.39872

Item type
Object
Provenance
Michel Collection Billmeir Collection
Primary inscriptions
"MF Popell" "HOROLOGIVM HORIZONTALE, HORAS ASTRONOMICAS SIVE à MERIDIE et MEDIA NOCTE, ITALICAS BABYLONICAS aut ab ORTV et OCCASV SOLIS DEMONSTRANS Ad Eleuationem Poli. 48. Grad. MDCLXV."
Object type
Horizontal dial
Dimensions
Diameter: 203mm Height: 18mm Weight: 458g
Inventory No
39872
Accession Number
1957-84/49

Description

Circular plate with 3 feet, inset compass, equal, Bablyonian and Italian hours, for 48 degrees; folding upright for string gnomon.