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Berthiaud's Equinoctial Dial, French, 19th Century

Inventory Number 25216

Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.25216

Subject
Sundials
Item type
Object
Provenance
Devised by the Abbé Berthiaud Presented by Mrs A.M Billmeir
Primary inscriptions
"CADRAN SOLAIRE A EQUATION / de l'Abbé Berthiaud Curé de Péronnas (Ain)"
Physical material
Copper Alloy
Iron
Object type
Equinoctial dial
Dimensions
Diameter: 300mm
Inventory No
25216
Accession Number
1964-295

Description

Cast iron base painted red; inclinable mount; equinoctial ring with rotating ring carrying lens and equation plate.

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