Accession No

0241

Brief Description

universal equinoctial cruciform dial, 2/2 19th C

Origin

London; England

Maker

Class

dials

Earliest Date

1850

Latest Date

1900

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass, steel); glass; wood (mahogany) paper; liquids; cloth (velvet)

Dimensions

box height 50mm; length 141mm; breadth 141mm

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

Purchased by Robert Stewart Whipple from T.H. Court on 08/10/1925.

Inscription

Description Notes

Brass base plate with 2 bubble levels; set on 3 levelling screws (two levelling screws and one screw-in foot; 2-2-2000). Raised compass with silvered 4-point rose and 8 letter points; degree scale divided 0 - 90˚ - 0 - 90˚ - 0, by 10˚ to 1˚. Needle arrest mechanism operated from edge of compass box. Cross-shaped dial arm with hinge divided 0 - 90˚, numbered by 10˚, divided to 5˚; folding gnomons on each limb; hour scale divided III - XII, I - IX, numbered by I, divided to 10 minutes.
Mahogany case with brass hinges and hook fasteners. Printed table of the equation of time pasted into the lid. Velvet in lid.

Condition: good; complete.

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