Accession No

1189

Brief Description

Augsburg dial, by L. T. Müller, German, mid-18th Century

Origin

Germany; Augsburg

Maker

Müller, L. T.

Class

dials

Earliest Date

1730

Latest Date

1770

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass, silver, steel); glass; paper; hide (leather); cloth (silk)

Dimensions

case length 77 mm; breadth 75 mm; thickness 20 mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Transferred from the Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography, University of Cambridge (now Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology).

Inscription

‘L.T.M.’ (reverse of compass box)

Description Notes

Decorated octagonal gilt-brass base on 3 feet. Inset compass with silvered base; 8-point rose; cardinal points marked in Latin; magnetic variation marked at approx 17˚W of N. Plumb bob with decorated gallows (bob missing). Hour circle divided III - XII, I - IX, numbered by I, subdivided to 30 minutes on (face and; 26-1-2000) inner rim. Latitude arc divided [4˚] - [88˚], numbered by 10˚, subdivided to 2˚. Reverse of compass box marked ‘Eleu. Poli’ with a list of five towns and latitudes: Corfu 39, Lion and Ofen 47, Prag 50, Landau 49. Hinge of hour circle marked VII; inner face marked IIV.
(Pin gnomon on turning diametrical bar; 26-1-2000)
Base only of leather-covered case.

Condition: fair.

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