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Equinoctial Dial, by Edmund Culpeper, London, Early 18th Century

Inventory Number 42351

Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.42351

Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by Lewis Evans
Primary inscriptions
"Culpeper Londini"
Object type
Equinoctial dial
Dimensions
Height: 198mm Width: 216mm Depth: 230mm Weight: 3.4kg
Inventory No
42351
Accession Number
1924-0/part

Description

Circular base with inset compass, three levelling screws and perpetual calendar on underside; vertical support with latitude quadrant for meridian semicircle carrying equinoctial circle with scale of hours.

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