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I.57 Diptych dial
Maker: unknown
Place:Ausburg or Nuremberg
Date:ca. 1800
Materials:wood
Dimensions:80x50 mm
Current inventory:3162
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Dial in the shape of a small box. A compass for orienting the instrument is fitted into the base (the magnetic needle is missing). There is also a windrose. The gnomon consists of a string that stretches into alignment with the celestial axis when the box lid is opened. Inside one of the lids is an horary quadrant with markings for latitudes from 40° to 54° (corresponding to all of Europe), in 2° increments. To determine the hour at different latitudes, the string had to be shifted to the desired latitude. This is a typical specimen of a low-priced instrument.

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