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Equinoctial Dial, Russia?, 18th Century

Inventory Number 16580


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.16580

Subject
Sundials
Item type
Object
Primary inscriptions
Unsigned
Physical material
Brass
glass
Object type
Equinoctial dial
Dimensions
Height: 106mm Width: 103mm
Inventory No
16580

Description

Same pattern of dial as 29459 which, though French, uses English initials for directions.

Square base plate with central compass (English initials of cardinal points; variation scale but no index); 4 ill-fitting adjustable screw feet in corners; latitude list of Russian towns roughly scratched on base of compass box; folding latitude arc 25-90°; sprung plumb level (plummet broken). Hinged part-circle hour band.