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Date | ca. 1570 |
Place | France (?) |
Material | Brass |
Inventory no. | 49726 |
Acquisition | Presented by J. A. Billmeir in 1957 |
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Mater
The mater and limb are of two pieces, riveted construction. Scales on the limb: windrose scale; equal hours scale; degree scale. More informationRete, Pin & Wedge
The rete contains 25 stars. The zodiac on the rete is labelled: ARIES ♈ , TAVRVS ♉ , GEMINI ♊ , CANCER ♋ , LEO ♌ , VIRGO ♍ , LIBRA ♎ , SCORPIVS ♏ , SAGITTARIVS ♐ , CAPRICORNVS ♑ , AQVARIVS ♒ , PISCES ♓.The rete contains 1 scale of the following type: Ecliptic.
The rete is attached using a pin & wedge. The wedge is a slotted washer, which slides onto a notch on the pin. More information
Rules & Alidades
Type | Details |
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Alidade | Double-ended, counter-changed. |
Regula | Double-ended. This regula is to be used with the
universal projection on one of the plates. It is missing
the vertical portion of the regula. |