- Subject
- Sundials
- Item type
- Object
- Provenance
- From the collection of J.A. Billmeir.
- Primary inscriptions
- Punched on inside of cover "C.T.D.E.M. {Christoph Trechsler der Elter Mechanicus [of Dresden]} 1622".
- Physical material
- Gilt brass and silvered brass
- Object type
- Diptych dial
- Dimensions
- Height: 48mm Width: 44mm Depth: 10mm
- Inventory No
- 38997
- Accession Number
- 1957-84/244
Description
Gilt brass and silvered brass folding case which includes a lunar volvelle and aspectarium, a vertical dial sharing a string gnomon with a horizontal dial for latitude 51° with a magnetic compass. There is also a circular table of times of sunrise and sunset and of the lenghts of day and night.
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