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Equinoctial Dial, by Johann Schrettegger, Augsburg, 18th Century

Inventory Number 40927

Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.40927

Subject
Sundials
Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by Lewis Evans with his collection.
Primary inscriptions
"Johann Scherttegger Augsburg" [not in Zinner].
Physical material
Brass and glass
Object type
Equinoctial dial
Dimensions
Diameter: 53mm
Inventory No
40927
Accession Number
1924-0/part

Description

Augsburg type, brass eight-sided base, with maker's name on circular brass inset beneath names and no names of towns with their latitudes.

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