Accession No

0369

Brief Description

noon cannon and universal equinoctial dial, French, late 19th C

Origin

France

Maker

Class

dials

Earliest Date

1875

Latest Date

1900

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass, silver, steel); glass; liquid

Dimensions

length 210mm; breadth 98mm; height 132mm

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

Purchased from E & J Lennie, Edinburgh, in 03/1927.

Inscription

‘Edinbourg 55˚,, New York 41˚,,
Dublin 53˚,, Chicago 42˚,,’
‘S,,t Petersbourg 59 Paris 49 Londres 57 Berlin 52 Milan 45 Vienne 48’ (around compass)

Description Notes

Tribrach foot with 3 levelling screws; pillar to brass plate. Inset compass with 8 points marked; silvered rose; degree scale divided 0 - 360˚, numbered by 10˚, subdivided to 1˚. Names of places and latitudes marked round the compass. Latitude arc divided 70˚ - 0, numbered by 10˚, subdivided to 1˚. Hour ring divided IIII - XII, I - VIII, numbered by I, subdivided to 15 minutes; rod gnomon. Model cannon with touch hole; 2 altitude arcs either side, one divided J - D (almost illegible); supports for lens. 2 bubble levels mounted on the plate.

Condition: good.

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