Accession No

0553

Brief Description

universal inclining dial, by Claude Langlois, French, 1735 (c)

Origin

France; Paris

Maker

Langlois, Claude

Class

dials; horology

Earliest Date

1735

Latest Date

1735

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass); glass

Dimensions

length 88mm; breadth 63mm; thickness 15mm

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

Purchased from Gertrude Hamilton (trading as 'Mercator'), Paris, in 04/1929.

Inscription

‘C. Langlois AParis
au Niveau’ (signed)

Description Notes

Brass; hinged dial plate pierced to show compass beneath; calibrated IIII-XII-VIII by 1 to 15 (to 7.5; 24-1-2000); to 5’ from X-II. Dial plate marked ‘horison propre 60d’ folding arm for string style, decoratively engraved; latitude arm slotting through dial plate 12-60o by 50 to 1o. On the base plate compass with fleur de lis north and 16 points; index arm adjustable for magnetic variation; ‘Septentrionale 20-0-20 occidentalle’ by 10o to 1o; on verso of base plate a list of towns and latitudes.
(Two small vertical plates at either end of dial plate, one with pinhole sight, the other with a point marked. On base plate a lever/arm (function?); 24-1-2000).

Condition: good.

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