Accession No

3655

Brief Description

table of latitudes and instruction sheet for use of an Augsburg dial, by Johann Georg Vogler, German, 18th Century

Origin

Germany; Augsburg

Maker

Vogler, Johann Georg

Class

ephemera; dials

Earliest Date

1730

Latest Date

1770

Inscription Date

Material

paper

Dimensions

height 176mm; breadth 127mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Inscription

‘Elevatio poli.’(top of first side)
‘Gebrauch dises Compases’ (top of second side)
‘Johann Georg Vogler
Compass-Macher
in Augspurg.’ (bottom of second side)

Description Notes

Black and white printed sheet, one side giving an alphabetical table of latitudes of 158 places in Europe and the other instructions for use of the dial.

Condition good; complete

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