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Equinoctial Dial
Signed by Christoph Schissler
circa 1570; Augsburg
Gilt brass; 44 mm in diameter

This universal equinoctial dial is an ingenious device made of two detachable parts.

In use, the disc on supports has to be mounted on the base which contains the compass. It has then to be set for the appropriate latitude, and the hour can be read. Two different sets of numbers are provided, one for the summer and one for the winter.

British Museum, London
Registration no. MLA 1922, 7-5.3

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