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Equinoctial Dial and Dialling Instrument, German, 18th Century

Inventory Number 40255


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.40255

Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by Lewis Evans
Primary inscriptions
Unsigned and undated
Physical material
Brass and glass
Object type
Equinoctial dial
Dimensions
Height: 25mm Width: 117mm Depth: 117mm Weight: 387g
Inventory No
40255
Accession Number
1924-0/part

Description

Square plate with scale of degrees and diagonal divisions; rotating central compass box with index reading against diagonals, folding plummet, folding latitude quadrant, and hinged equinoctial ring; list of latitudes on base of compass.