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Inclining Dial with Thermometer, English, 19th Century

Inventory Number 36939


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.36939

Item type
Object
Primary inscriptions
Unsigned and undated
Object type
Inclining dial
Dimensions
Diameter: 76mm Height: 30mm Weight: 289g
Inventory No
36939
Accession Number
1924-0/part

Description

Circular base with inset compass (with lockable needle), carrying mercury thermometer tube arched around circumference, with scales "Fah." and "Rea."; latitude arc 0-60; hinged dial plate with folding gnomon; lid carries printed equation of time table pasted inside.