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Diptych Dial, Swiss?, c. 1800

Inventory Number 71992

Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.71992

Subject
Sundials
Item type
Object
Provenance
Not ascertained
Primary inscriptions
Unsigned and undated. "SWITZERLAND" written on base (by an owner?).
Physical material
Wood
glass
paper and brass
Object type
Diptych dial
Inventory No
71992

Description

1b vertical string-gnomon dial (with apparently incorrect graduations: VI lines not perpendicular to XII) and recess for (missing plumb bob); 2a horizontal string-gnomon dial and compass with manuscript card.

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