Equinoctial Ring Dial, German, 1713 | |
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| Object is on display. | |
| Inventory Number: | 37132 |
| Object Type: | |
| Place Created: | Germany Europe |
| Subject Classification(s): | Lewis Evans Collection Sundials Mathematical Instruments |
| Accession Number: | 1924-0/part |
| Brief Description: | Vertical brass disc, representing the meridian, turns within the outer gilt-brass ring to the appropriate latitude marked on the disc (aligned with the index mark below the suspension ring). The hours are marked on the silvered segment of a circle and the gnomon is the curved pointer above, which slides along the gilt date-scale to which it is attached. The gnomon and hour-scale fold flat in the plane of the meridian disc when not in use. |
| Primary Inscriptions: | "Anno 1713. |
| Provenance: | Presented by Lewis Evans |
| Collection Group: | Lewis Evans Collection |
| Material(s): |
Gilt-brass silvered-brass and brass |
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