Accession No

0017

Brief Description

universal equinoctial dial (modified), by L. Pedrone, 1850 (c)

Origin

England; Liverpool; 57 Lord Street

Maker

Pedrone, L.

Class

dials

Earliest Date

1850

Latest Date

1850

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass, silver); glass

Dimensions

length 135 mm; breadth 130 mm; thickness 38 mm

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

Purchased by Robert Stewart Whipple from F. Drury, Acton, in 02/1922.

Inscription

‘L. Pedrone
57 Lord St Liverpool’

Description Notes

Brass; set on three milled head levelling screws; base with inset compass, silvered base, 4 point rose, 8 cardinal points, calibrated N(0) - E(90) - (0)S twice (but W) by 10 to 2o. (Device to hold needle in place when not in use; 31-1-2000). 2 bubble levels at right angles set in the base; hinged hour circle calibrated [III 3/4] IIII-XII, I-VIII [VIII 1/4] by I to 5’ on face and inner rim (inner rim only marked from VII-XII, I-V; 31-1-2000). Folding square section gnomon. Note calibrations not evenly spaced as on a true equinoctial but as on a universal inclining dial, however there is a pin gnomon, not set on a diametrical bar but offset. Folding latitude quadrant (0) - (85) by 10 to 1o; remnants of silvering on the hour circle.

Condition: fair; complete.

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