Accession No

0959

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 (gilt-brass, silver, steel); glass; cloth (silk); hide (leather)

Dimensions

length 95mm; breadth 86mm; thickness 61mm

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

Inscription

‘L T M’

Description Notes

Decorated octagonal gilt-brass base with silvered 16-point wind rose; degree scale divided 0 - 10 - 90 x 5 (0-10 or just 10-90 (?); plus an extra 10-30; 28-1-2000), numbered by 10˚. Inset compass with silvered base; 8-point rose with cardinal points marked in Latin; magnetic variation marked at 15˚ W of N. Silvered hour circle divided III - XII, I - IX, numbered by I, divided to 30 minutes; inner rim divided 3 - 12, 1 - 9, numbered by 1, divided to 30 minutes. Silvered latitude arc divided 0 - [88˚], numbered by 10˚, subdivided to 2˚. (Folding gnomon on diametrical bar; 28-1-2000). Plumb bob on pierced, decorated and silvered gallows. Reverse of compas box carries a rosette decoration.
Leather-covered box, lined with blue silk. In the lid a silvered disc marked ‘Eleva Poli’ with a list of towns and latitudes.

Complete.

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