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Gunter-Type Horary Quadrant, English, 17th Century

Inventory Number 17476


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.17476

Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by Lewis Evans in 1924.
Primary inscriptions
Unsigned
Physical material
Boxwood
brass
Object type
Quadrant
Dimensions
Height: 10mm Width: 167mm Depth: 164mm Weight: 0.2kg
Inventory No
17476
Accession Number
1924-0/part

Description

Gunter quadrant for "Latt 52:30." with flowers and unusual fish engraving. Reverse has circular scale for (missing) planisphere. Brass pinhole sights and brass plumb bob.