M0017344EA: Universal equinoctial dial / M0017345EA: Butterfield type horizontal dial, c.1730 / M0017346EA: Universal equinoctial dial
- Date:
- April 1959
- Reference:
- WT/D/1/20/1/155/79
- Part of:
- Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
- Archives and manuscripts
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About this work
Also known as
Previous title, replaced October 2020: Universal equinoctial dial.
Previous title, replaced October 2020: Butterfield type horizontal dial, circa 1730.
Description
Photograph of two open universal equinoctial dials and an open Butterfield type horizontal dial. The first equinoctial dial is an Augsberg type and is signed "Johan Schrettigger in Augsberg". Undated, c.1800. It was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Musuem at an unknown point and accessioned in 1918 (accession number R10353). The second equinoctial dial is an Augsberg type inscribed "F. leva Pol....LTM". It was purchased by the Museum at an unknown point and accessioned in 1921 (accession number R12575). The horizontal dial is signed "Macquart Paris" and is udated, c.1730. It was purchased by the Museum at an unknown point and accessioned in 1922 (accession number R15223). None of the instruments are held by Wellcome Collection. Related images: M0017334EB, M0017335EB, M0017336EB
Publication/Creation
April 1959
Physical description
1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm
Copyright note
Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection
Notes
Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.
Terms of use
Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.
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