- Item type
- Object
- Makers
- Benjamin Martin
- Provenance
- Purchased
- Primary inscriptions
- "G. Wright Invt. / Martin Londini Fecit" on hour dial
- Object type
- Equinoctial dial
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 172mm
- Inventory No
- 34992
- Accession Number
- 1947-20
Description
Unusual instrument in both form and appearance. Base with four levelling screws; rotating plate with two bubble levels and Vernier mount for meridian arc, within which turns an inner arc with three central sights on its cross bar and a Vernier index moving over an hour dial.
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