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Vertical Disc Dial
Signed by Charles Whitwell
Dated 1593; English
Gilt brass; 110 x 70 x 4 mm

This instrument presents, besides the actual time-telling devices, a table of holy days and numbers used to find the date of Easter.

The alidade, finely engraved, has two small folding sights. Figures of a dog and of a scorpion on the disc complement the foliate decoration. Some scholars have cast doubt on the authenticity of this instrument, citing as evidence some constructional details.

Museum of the History of Science, Oxford
Inventory number 52101

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