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Nocturnal
Signed by Humfrey Cole
circa 1575; London
Gilt brass; 95 mm in diameter

This instrument by the famous Elizabethan maker Humfrey Cole consists of a nocturnal and a range of scales and discs which allow the prediction of high tide at a particular port.

British Museum, London
Registration no. MLA 1857,11-16.2

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