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Equinoctial Ring Dial with Quadrant, by Elias Allen, London, c. 1630

Inventory Number 44304


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.44304

Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by J. A. Billmeir with his collection.
Primary inscriptions
"Elias Allen fecit Londini".
Physical material
Brass
Object type
Equinoctial ring dial
Dimensions
Diameter: 95mm
Inventory No
44304
Accession Number
1957-84/228

Description

Brass ring with on back of the meridian a ring a quadrant of degrees.