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Equinoctial Dial, by Johann Willebrand, Augsburg, Early 18th Century

Inventory Number 52420


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.52420

Subject
Sundials
Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by J. A. Billmeir with his collection.
Primary inscriptions
"Johann Willebrand in Augspurg".
Object type
Equinoctial dial
Dimensions
Diameter: 50mm
Inventory No
52420
Accession Number
1957-84/99

Description

Augsburg type, silverd-brass eight-sided base and circular inset beneath base with names of towns and their latitudes, silvered compass dial with magnetic deviation, silvered-brass broad hour ring set inside a gilt ring, and a hinged gilt inclinometer with pumbob.