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Horizontal Dial
Signed by Christoph Trechsler
Dated 1613; Dresden
Gilt brass; 15 x 58 x 61 mm

The outer side of the lid has a pierced lunar volvelle with aspectarium and the twelve principal winds named in Latin. The dial can be adjusted for three different latitudes.

On the closure catch is engraved the signature 'C ? T ? D ? E ? M ? 1613': Christoph Trechsler Der Elter Mechanicus.

The inner face of the lid has an allegorical engraving representing 'GEOMETRIA', a woman with a pair of dividers in her hands.

Museum of the History of Science, Oxford
Inventory number 49305

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