Universal ring dial with mariners altitude dial

Made:: 1720-1737 in London

maker:: Edmund Culpeper

Brass universal ring dial with mariners altitude dial (pin

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Brass universal ring dial with mariners altitude dial (pin
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Brass universal ring dial with mariners altitude dial (pin missing), by Edmund Culpeper, London, 1720-1737

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Category:: Astronomy

Object Number:: 1914-884

Materials:: brass

Measurements:: overall (assembled): 210 x 155 mm
weight: 0.1kg
weight: 0.22046lbs
weight: 4.35kg
weight: 9.59016lbs

type:: sundial

credit:: Mr Thomas H. Court

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Universal ring dial with mariners altitude dial

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