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Equinoctial Ring Dial with Quadrant, English, 18th Century

Inventory Number 40949


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.40949

Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by Lewis Evans in 1924.
Primary inscriptions
Unsigned and undated, but with an "M" scratched onto one of the bridge fittings.
Physical material
Brass
Object type
Equinoctial ring dial
Dimensions
Diameter: 115mm
Inventory No
40949
Accession Number
1924-0/part

Description

Brass, with second suspension hole in the meridian ring but without any calibration.