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Scaphe Dial, by Ameli, Palermo, Late 16th Century

Inventory Number 34154

Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.34154

Item type
Object
Makers
Ameli
Provenance
Presented by Lewis Evans
Primary inscriptions
"In Palermo, Amelli Fe".
Physical material
Gilt brass
paper
glass
Object type
Scaphe dial
Dimensions
Height: 40mm Width: 62mm Depth: 60mm Weight: 199g
Inventory No
34154
Accession Number
1924-0/part

Description

Gilt brass box with the compass-card in the lid painted on thin paste-board; scaphe dial with the hour-lines [and the equator and the tropics] represented by an adjustable grid so that the scaphe can be used in any latitude from 0° to about 42°. Hour lines are numbered for both ordinary and Italian hours.

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