European horary quadrant, 1650-1725

Made:: 1650-1725

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Boxwood Gunter quadrant (13-cm radius)
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Boxwood Gunter quadrant (13-cm radius), with vovelle (planispheric nocturnal) on reverse side and sights missing

Details

Category:: Astronomy

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: 1987-1138

Materials:: boxwood and nocturnal, brass

Measurements:: overall: 8 x 145 x 145 mm

type:: horary quadrant - gunter and nocturnal

credit:: On loan from the Wellcome Trust

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